CVE-2014-4444 — 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

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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

Published Oct 18, 2014

4.4

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.27%

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 products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.27% 0.00275

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00275

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.27% (0.00275)	18.05th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.27% (0.00275)	19.05th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.06% (0.00055)	14.53th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.95% (0.00950)	32.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	30.63th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	28.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	13.46th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-287

Improper Authentication

References (4)

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0101.html
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031063
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97623
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6535
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0101.html		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031063		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97623		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6535		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner apple

Published Oct 18, 2014

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Jun 20, 2014

Link CVE-2014-4444

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2014-4444

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2014-4444