CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-4425
4.6 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2014-10-18
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287
Description
CFPreferences in Apple OS X before 10.10 does not properly enforce the "require password after sleep or screen saver begins" setting, which makes it easier for physically proximate attackers to obtain access by leveraging an unattended workstation.
Affected configurations
• apple mac os x (<= 10.9.5)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0101.html archives.neohapsis.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70630 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031063 www.securitytracker.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97640 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6535 Vendor Advisory
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0101.html archives.neohapsis.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70630 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031063 www.securitytracker.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97640 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6535 Vendor Advisory