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.
References
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/01/10/spotlight_caught_spreading_your_delicates/
- macosx-cve20148839-sec-bypass(100527) vdb-entry
- 1031521 vdb-entry
- http://support.apple.com/HT204244
- http://heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Datenschutzpanne-in-Mac-OS-X-Yosemite-2514198.html
- APPLE-SA-2015-01-27-4 vendor-advisory