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CVE-2014-4432
fdesetup in Apple OS X before 10.10 does not properly display the encryption status in between a setting-update action and a reboot…
Medium4.7EPSS 0.22%
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- Updated
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- apple
Description
fdesetup in Apple OS X before 10.10 does not properly display the encryption status in between a setting-update action and a reboot action, which might make it easier for physically proximate attackers to obtain cleartext data by leveraging ignorance of the reboot requirement.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.7 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.22% · top 88% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.7.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- 70632 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2014-10-16-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 1031063 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6535 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- macosx-cve20144432-sec-bypass(97637) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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