CVE-2014-4438

medium
Published 2014-10-18 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.9
VIR risk
6.9

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.

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-362

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