CVE-2014-8826

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 8.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2015-01-30 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-19

Description

LaunchServices in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 does not properly handle file-type metadata, which allows attackers to bypass the Gatekeeper protection mechanism via a crafted JAR archive.

Affected products

macOS: through 10.10.1

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130147/OS-X-Gatekeeper-Bypass.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/109
http://support.apple.com/HT204244
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35934
http://www.osvdb.org/117659
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534567/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72341
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031650
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100519
https://www.ampliasecurity.com/advisories/os-x-gatekeeper-bypass-vulnerability.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html

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