Information disclosure in Apple MAC OS X

1) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU41098

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-4458

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The "System Profiler About This Mac" component in Apple OS X before 10.10.1 includes extraneous cookie data in system-model requests, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

macOS: 10.0 - 10.9.5

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2014/Nov/msg00001.html
https://secunia.com/advisories/62503
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71139
https://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031230
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98785
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204419
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT6591

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.