Apple Mac OS X up to 10.10.1 Spotlight information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.10.1 and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component Spotlight. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2014-8839. Additionally, an exploit exists. It is suggested to disable the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.10.1 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Spotlight. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality.

The weakness was released 01/09/2015 as Datenschutzpanne in Mac OS X Yosemite as confirmed news (Heise). The advisory is shared for download at heise.de. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-8839 since 11/14/2014. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592. The advisory points out:

Findet die inhalteübergreifende Suchfunktion eine Mail, verrät sie dem Absender der selbigen unter Umständen umfassende Details über den Nutzer. Das kann insbesondere bei Spam-Mails unangenehme Folgen haben.

A public exploit has been developed in HTML and been published immediately after the advisory. The exploit is available at heise.de. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 81087 (Mac OS X 10.10.x < 10.10.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (POODLE)), 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 123193 (Apple Mac OS X v10.10.2 and Security Update 2015-001 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2015-01-27-4)).

The best possible mitigation is suggested to be disabling the affected component. The news contains the following remark:

Die Mac & i-Redaktion hat ein kostenloses QuickLook-Plug-in entwickelt, mit dem sich das Problem unter OS X 10.10 auch ohne Abschalten der Mail-Suche umgehen lässt.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (100527), Tenable (81087) and SecurityTracker (ID 1031521†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-68077, VDB-68314, VDB-68814 and VDB-68815. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 81087
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.10.x < 10.10.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (POODLE)
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OpenVAS ID: 801105
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities -02 Mar15
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Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: Datenschutzpanne in Mac OS X Yosemite
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-8839 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-8839
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-68576
X-Force: 100527
SecurityFocus: 69919
SecurityTracker: 1031521 - Apple OS X Spotlight Mail Preview Function Bypasses Mail Privacy Preferences

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 01/13/2015 14:38
Updated: 12/16/2024 05:04
Changes: 01/13/2015 14:38 (63), 07/09/2017 08:13 (13), 03/02/2022 08:35 (3), 03/02/2022 08:37 (1), 03/02/2022 08:40 (2), 12/16/2024 05:04 (16)
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