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CVE-2014-4438

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2014-10-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-362

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.

Affected products

• macOS: through 10.9.5

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0101.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70622
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031063
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97630
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6535
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0101.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70622
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031063
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97630
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6535

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