CVE-2014-4438

MediumCVSS 6.9/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 6.9/10AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-362

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

Published
Oct 18, 2014
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2014-4438: Medium severity, CVSS 6.9 | Vulnix