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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2015-1147

Medium
5/10

Summary

Open Directory Client in Apple OS X before 10.10.3 sends unencrypted password-change requests in certain circumstances involving missing certificates, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • 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