CVE-2014-8838

Severity

43%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

48%

The Security component in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 does not properly process cached information about app certificates, which allows attackers to bypass the Gatekeeper protection mechanism by leveraging access to a revoked Developer ID certificate for signing a crafted app.

The Security component in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 does not properly process cached information about app certificates, which allows attackers to bypass the Gatekeeper protection mechanism by leveraging access to a revoked Developer ID certificate for signing a crafted app.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N).

Overview

First reported 10 years ago

2015-01-30 11:59:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-09-08 01:29:00

Affected Software

Apple Mac OS X

References

APPLE-SA-2015-01-27-4

Vendor Advisory

http://support.apple.com/HT204244

Vendor Advisory

1031650

macosx-cve20148838-sec-bypass(100525)

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