Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2014-4438
Race condition in LoginWindow in Apple OS X before 10.10 allows physically proximate attackers to obtain access by leveraging an unattended workstation on which screen locking had been attempted.
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.9 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (13.1th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 13th percentile — 13.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/70622 (vdb-entry)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0101.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1031063 (vdb-entry)
- support.apple.com/kb/HT6535 (Vendor Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97630 (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-4438?
- CVE-2014-4438 is a vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). Published 2014-10-18.
- Is CVE-2014-4438 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.