CVE-2014-4431

low
Published 2014-10-18 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
2.1
VIR risk
2.1

Description

Dock in Apple OS X before 10.10 does not properly manage the screen-lock state, which allows physically proximate attackers to view windows by leveraging an unattended workstation.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6535

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
macos macosaffected

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.