Apple Mac OS X 10.9.5 About This Mac Menu Item information disclosure
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Summary
A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Apple Mac OS X 10.9.5. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component About This Mac Menu Item. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2014-4458. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.
Details
A vulnerability has been found in Apple Mac OS X 10.9.5 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component About This Mac Menu Item. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:
The "System Profiler About This Mac" component in Apple OS X before 10.10.1 includes extraneous cookie data in system-model requests, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.
The weakness was presented 11/17/2014 by Landon Fuller with Plausible Labs as HT6591 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at lists.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2014-4458 since 06/20/2014. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 79310 (Mac OS X 10.10.x < 10.10.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 122839 (Apple Mac OS X v10.10.1 Not Installed (HT6572, HT6591)).
Upgrading to version 10.10.1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (98785), Tenable (79310), SecurityFocus (BID 71139†), Secunia (SA62503†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-47132†). See VDB-68230, VDB-68231, VDB-68232 and VDB-68330 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.
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Website
- Vendor: https://www.apple.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.6
VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.6
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Class: Information disclosureCWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: No
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Status: Unproven
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Nessus ID: 79310
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.10.x < 10.10.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 801105
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-06 October-15
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.10.1
Timeline
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT6591
Researcher: Landon Fuller
Organization: Plausible Labs
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-4458 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-4458
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-68233
X-Force: 98785 - Apple Mac OS X About This Mac information disclosure, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 71139 - Apple Mac OS X CVE-2014-4458 Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 62503 - Apple OS X Weaknesses and WebKit Vulnerability, Highly Critical
SecurityTracker: 1031230
Vulnerability Center: 47132 - Apple MacOS X <10.10.1 Remote Information Disclosure in About This Mac Requests - CVE-2014-4458, Medium
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entry
Created: 11/19/2014 11:09Updated: 02/25/2022 02:46
Changes: 11/19/2014 11:09 (77), 06/12/2017 08:26 (7), 02/25/2022 02:37 (3), 02/25/2022 02:46 (1)
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