CVE-2014-4425
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.6
Description
CFPreferences in Apple OS X before 10.10 does not properly enforce the "require password after sleep or screen saver begins" setting, which makes it easier for physically proximate attackers to obtain access by leveraging an unattended workstation.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| macos | affected | |
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0101.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70630
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031063
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97640
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6535
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0101.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70630
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031063
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97640
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6535
CWEs
CWE-287
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.