Vulnerabilities > CVE-2014-4432 - Cryptographic Issues vulnerability in Apple mac OS X

047910
CVSS 4.7 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
local
apple
CWE-310
nessus

Summary

fdesetup in Apple OS X before 10.10 does not properly display the encryption status in between a setting-update action and a reboot action, which might make it easier for physically proximate attackers to obtain cleartext data by leveraging ignorance of the reboot requirement.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Apple
86

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Signature Spoofing by Key Recreation
    An attacker obtains an authoritative or reputable signer's private signature key by exploiting a cryptographic weakness in the signature algorithm or pseudorandom number generation and then uses this key to forge signatures from the original signer to mislead a victim into performing actions that benefit the attacker.

Nessus

NASL familyMacOS X Local Security Checks
NASL idMACOSX_10_10.NASL
descriptionThe remote host is running a version of Mac OS X is prior to version 10.10. This update contains several security-related fixes for the following components : - 802.1X - AFP File Server - apache - App Sandbox - Bash - Bluetooth - Certificate Trust Policy - CFPreferences - CoreStorage - CUPS - Dock - fdesetup - iCloud Find My Mac - IOAcceleratorFamily - IOHIDFamily - IOKit - Kernel - LaunchServices - LoginWindow - Mail - MCX Desktop Config Profiles - NetFS Client Framework - QuickTime - Safari - Secure Transport - Security - Security - Code Signing Note that successful exploitation of the most serious issues can result in arbitrary code execution.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id78550
published2014-10-17
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/78550
titleMac OS X < 10.10 Multiple Vulnerabilities (POODLE) (Shellshock)