Vulnerability CVE-2014-8839
Published: 2015-01-30

Description:
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.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Apple -> Mac os x 

 References:
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
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