CVE-2014-8839: Infoleak
First published: Fri Jan 30 2015(Updated: )
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.
Credit: product-security@apple.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Apple Mac OS X | <=10.10.1 |
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Reference Links
- http://heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Datenschutzpanne-in-Mac-OS-X-Yosemite-2514198.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html
- http://securitytracker.com/id/1031521
- http://support.apple.com/HT204244
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/01/10/spotlight_caught_spreading_your_delicates/
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100527
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/references
- agent/type
- agent/softwarecombine
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/severity
- agent/weakness
- agent/author
- agent/tags
- agent/description
- agent/event
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/source
- vendor/apple
- canonical/apple mac os x
- version/apple mac os x/10.10.1