CVE-2015-1130
Apple OS X Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
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Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 10 August 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 9.89% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- 2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 9 April 2015
- CISA KEV
- Listed 10 February 2022 · due 10 August 2022
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- apple/mac os x
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
EPSS 9.9% since 30 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1130
Public exploits (2)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.htmlBroken Link, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/120418Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73982Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032048Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://support.apple.com/HT204659Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36692/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.htmlBroken Link, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/120418Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73982Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032048Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://support.apple.com/HT204659Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36692/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-1130US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.