CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-4444
4.4 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2014-10-18
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.4 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287
Description
SecurityAgent in Apple OS X before 10.10 does not ensure that a Kerberos ticket is in the cache for the correct user, which allows local users to gain privileges in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging a Fast User Switching login.
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.securitytracker.com/id/1031063 www.securitytracker.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97623 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.securitytracker.com/id/1031063 www.securitytracker.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97623 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6535 Vendor Advisory