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CVE-2014-4438
Race condition in LoginWindow in Apple OS X before 10.10 allows physically proximate attackers to obtain access by leveraging an…
Medium6.9EPSS 0.24%
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- apple
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.24% · top 85% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- 70622 (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-cve20144438-sec-bypass(97630) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- 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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