CVE-2014-4438 Race condition in n/a

What is CVE-2014-4438?

CVE-2014-4438 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 18 Oct 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-4438?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Mac Os X.

How do I fix CVE-2014-4438?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-4438 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2014-4438 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-4438 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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