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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-8662 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:26:02.588Z

Reserved: 2014-11-14T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-8832

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2015-01-30T11:59:42.030

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2014-8832

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