Description
The Home & Lock Screen subsystem in Apple iOS before 8 does not properly restrict the private API for app prominence, which allows attackers to determine the frontmost app by leveraging access to a crafted background app.
Published: 2014-09-18
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-4288 The Home & Lock Screen subsystem in Apple iOS before 8 does not properly restrict the private API for app prominence, which allows attackers to determine the frontmost app by leveraging access to a crafted background app.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T11:12:35.206Z

Reserved: 2014-06-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-4361

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Status : Modified

Published: 2014-09-18T10:55:08.797

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-4361

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