CVE-2014-8833 — SpotlightIndex in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 does not properly perform deserialization during access to a permission cache, which allows local users to read search results associated with other users' protected files via a Spotlight query

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SpotlightIndex in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 does not properly perform deserialization during access to a permission cache, which allows local users to read search results associated with other users' protected files via a Spotlight query

Published Jan 30, 2015

2.1

LOW

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.33%

Description

SpotlightIndex in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 does not properly perform deserialization during access to a permission cache, which allows local users to read search results associated with other users' protected files via a Spotlight query.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.33% 0.00334

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00334

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.33% (0.00334)	24.43th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.33% (0.00334)	25.02th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.05% (0.00052)	13.34th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00044)	14.69th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 7, 2024	0.04% (0.00044)	12.58th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00044)	10.58th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.95% (0.00950)	32.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	30.63th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	28.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	13.46th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-284

References (4)

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory
http://support.apple.com/HT204244
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031650
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100529
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory
http://support.apple.com/HT204244		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031650		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100529		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner apple

Published Jan 30, 2015

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Nov 14, 2014

Link CVE-2014-8833

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2014-8833

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2014-8833