Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2015-5932
The kernel in Apple OS X before 10.11.1 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging an unspecified "type confusion" during Mach task processing.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.008 (53.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 53rd percentile — 53.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00005.html (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- support.apple.com/HT205375 (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-5932?
- CVE-2015-5932 is a vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X. Published 2015-10-23.
- Is CVE-2015-5932 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.