Apple Mac OS X 10.9.2 Power Management access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple Mac OS X 10.9.2 and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component Power Management. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-1321. No exploit exists. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X 10.9.2 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Power Management. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Power Management in Apple OS X 10.9.x through 10.9.2 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass an intended transition into the locked-screen state by touching (1) a key or (2) the trackpad during a lid-close action.

The weakness was disclosed 04/22/2014 by Paul Kleeberg, Julian Sincu, Gerben Wierda and Daniel Luz with Opera as HT6207 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with Apple. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-1321 since 01/08/2014. The exploitation is known to be difficult. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue. The advisory points out:

If a key was pressed or the trackpad touched just after the lid was closed, the system might have tried to wake up while going to sleep, which would have caused the screen to be unlocked.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 73648 (Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2014-002)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 122028 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2014-002 Not Installed (HT6207)).

Applying the patch Security Update 2014-002 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at support.apple.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The advisory contains the following remark:

This issue was addressed by ignoring keypresses while going to sleep. This issue does not affect systems prior to OS X Mavericks.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (92702), Tenable (73648), SecurityFocus (BID 67028†), SecurityTracker (ID 1030133†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-44214†). The entries VDB-10903, VDB-13041, VDB-13040 and VDB-13039 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 73648
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2014-002)
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Patch: Security Update 2014-002

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT6207
Researcher: Paul Kleeberg, Julian Sincu, Gerben Wierda, Daniel Luz
Organization: Opera
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-1321 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-1321
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-13037

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X-Force: 92702 - Apple Mac OS X Power Management security bypass, Low Risk
SecurityFocus: 67028 - Apple Mac OS X CVE-2014-1321 Local Security Bypass Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1030133 - Apple OS X Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Deny Service and Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges
Vulnerability Center: 44214 - Apple OS X 10.9.x - 10.9.2 Local Security Compromise due to Key Presses while Device Goes to Sleep, Low

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 04/23/2014 12:25
Updated: 05/11/2026 18:54
Changes: 04/23/2014 12:25 (87), 06/17/2021 14:50 (3), 05/11/2026 18:54 (15)
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