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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2014-8834

Low
2.1/10

Summary

UserAccountUpdater in Apple OS X 10.10 before 10.10.2 stores a PDF document's password in a printing preference file, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading a file.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published