CVE-2014-4446 — Mail Service in Apple OS X Server before 4.0 does not enforce SACL changes until after a service restart, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging a change made by an administrator

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Mail Service in Apple OS X Server before 4.0 does not enforce SACL changes until after a service restart, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging a change made by an administrator

Published Oct 18, 2014

2.1

LOW

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.42%

Description

Mail Service in Apple OS X Server before 4.0 does not enforce SACL changes until after a service restart, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging a change made by an administrator.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.42% 0.01417

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

EPSS probability 0.01417

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 (10 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.42% (0.01417)	71.81th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.41% (0.01405)	68.96th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.16% (0.00160)	34.42th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.17% (0.00170)	55.36th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 10, 2024	0.17% (0.00170)	54.34th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.17% (0.00170)	52.30th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.13% (0.01132)	56.11th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 22, 2022	1.13% (0.01132)	54.59th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.13% (0.01132)	52.58th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.13% (0.01132)	30.65th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (4)

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0103.html
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031071
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97645
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6536
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0103.html		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031071		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97645		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6536		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-2014-4446

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2014-4446

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2014-4446