CVE-2015-1130

Apple OS X: Authentication Bypass

As of , CVE-2015-1130 in Apple OS X is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch this week.

Exploited
Yes: CISA listed it on 10 February 2022
US federal deadline
10 August 2022181 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
Used in ransomware campaigns
Not known to CISA
EPSS score
0.10Higher than 95% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS when listed
0.02 on 10 February 2022EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
Public exploit
1 Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries (2 verified)
Fix
No vendor link in CISA's entry

What CISA says to do

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA's required action

What the flaw is

The XPC implementation in Admin Framework in Apple OS X before 10.10.3 allows local users to bypass authentication and obtain admin privileges.

CISA's description

The XPC implementation in Admin Framework in Apple OS X before 10.10.3 allows local users to bypass authentication and obtain admin privileges via unspecified vectors.

The CVE record's description, from apple

CVE published
10 April 2015
Assigned by
apple
CVSS
7.8 High (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
CWE-59
Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
CWE-254
7PK - Security Features
CISA SSVC, exploitation
active
CISA SSVC, automatable
no
CISA SSVC, technical impact
total

Timeline

  1. Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 36692).
  2. The CVE record was published.
  3. Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 36745).
  4. CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
  5. The US federal deadline to fix it.

Public exploits

Facts from Metasploit's module list and Exploit-DB's index; we never copy exploit code.

OS X: other exploited entries

VulnerabilityProductOur groupListedDeadlineEPSS
CVE-2014-4404Heap-Based Buffer OverflowApple OS XPatch this weekMetasploit module; verified Exploit-DB entry0.49

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