CVE-2014-8833 (GCVE-0-2014-8833)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-01-30 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 13:26
VLAI
Summary
SpotlightIndex in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 does not properly perform deserialization during access to a permission cache, which allows local users to read search results associated with other users' protected files via a Spotlight query.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
apple CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 37/100 over 619 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031650 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://support.apple.com/HT204244 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
Date Public
2015-01-27 00:00
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