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CVE-2014-4494

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2015-01-30 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Springboard in Apple iOS before 8.1.3 does not properly validate signatures when determining whether to solicit an app trust decision from the user, which allows attackers to bypass intended first-launch restrictions by leveraging access to an enterprise distribution certificate for signing a crafted app.

Affected products

• Apple Iphone Os: through 8.1.2

References

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00001.html
• http://support.apple.com/HT204245
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031652
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00001.html
• http://support.apple.com/HT204245
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031652

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