CVE-2014-4438

Published: Oct 18, 2014Modified: May 6, 2026

6.9

Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability: 3.4 / Impact: 10.0

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Apple: Mac Os X

Apple

1 product

Mac Os X

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Apple Mac Os X	Up to 10.9.5

Related CWEs

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently.