MEDIUM
Spotlight in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 does not enforce the Mail "Load remote content in messages" configuration, which allows remote attackers to discover recipient IP addresses by including an inline image in an HTML e-mail message and logging HTTP requests for this image's URL
Published Jan 30, 2015
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.10%
Description
Spotlight in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 does not enforce the Mail "Load remote content in messages" configuration, which allows remote attackers to discover recipient IP addresses by including an inline image in an HTML e-mail message and logging HTTP requests for this image's URL.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.10% 0.02100
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02100
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 2, 2026 | 2.10% (0.02100) | 81.04th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.10% (0.02100) | 79.21th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.54% (0.00542) | 65.68th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.61% (0.00606) | 79.29th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.60% (0.00596) | 77.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.60% (0.00596) | 75.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (6)
- http://heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Datenschutzpanne-in-Mac-OS-X-Yosemite-2514198.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id/1031521 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://support.apple.com/HT204244 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/01/10/spotlight_caught_spreading_your_delicates/ x_refsource_MISC
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100527 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Datenschutzpanne-in-Mac-OS-X-Yosemite-2514198.html | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id/1031521 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://support.apple.com/HT204244 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/01/10/spotlight_caught_spreading_your_delicates/ | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100527 | 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-2014-8839
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a