medium5.0
CVE-2014-8839
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 rec…
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Apple | Mac Os X | through 10.10.1 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- 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
- 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