CVE-2014-8827 - Improper Access Control

Severity

21%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

48%

LoginWindow in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 does not transition to the lock-screen state immediately upon being woken from sleep, which allows physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading the screen.

LoginWindow in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 does not transition to the lock-screen state immediately upon being woken from sleep, which allows physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading the screen.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 2.1. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

First reported 10 years ago

2015-01-30 11:59:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-09-08 01:29:00

Affected Software

Apple Mac OS X

References

APPLE-SA-2015-01-27-4

Vendor Advisory

http://support.apple.com/HT204244

Vendor Advisory

1031650

macosx-cve20148827-sec-bypass(100521)

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