CVE-2014-8839

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 None

Description

Spotlight in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 does not enforce the Mail "Load remote content in messages" configuration, which allows remote attackers to discover recipient IP addresses by including an inline image in an HTML e-mail message and logging HTTP requests for this image's URL.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2014-8839

Assigner
product-security@apple.com

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2015-01-30T11:59:48

Last Modified Date
2017-09-08T01:29:29

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-200	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x::::::::	1	OR		10.10.1

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
5

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
10

Impact Score
2.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Datenschutzpanne-in-Mac-OS-X-Yosemite-2514198.html
http://securitytracker.com/id/1031521
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/01/10/spotlight_caught_spreading_your_delicates/
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html	Vendor Advisory
http://support.apple.com/HT204244	Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100527

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8839
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8839

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 08:39:38				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 03:23:53	2015-01-30T11:59Z	2015-01-30T11:59:48	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 03:23:53		2017-09-08T01:29:29	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 03:23:53		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated