CVE-2014-8832

medium

Description

The indexing functionality in Spotlight in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 writes memory contents to an external hard drive, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading from this drive.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100528

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031650

http://support.apple.com/HT204244

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-01-30

Updated: 2017-09-08

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N