CVE-2014-8826 Information

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.

Reference

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