CVE-2014-8828

high
Published 2015-01-30 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
7.5

Description

Sandbox in Apple OS X before 10.10 allows attackers to write to the sandbox-profile cache via a sandboxed app that includes a com.apple.sandbox segment in a path.

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 — http://support.apple.com/HT204244

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
macos macosaffected

References

CWEs

CWE-264

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