VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-5889
rsh in the remote_cmds component in Apple OS X before 10.11 allows local users to obtain root privileges via vectors involving environment variables.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 5.13%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.13%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
rsh in the remote_cmds component in Apple OS X before 10.11 allows local users to obtain root privileges via vectors involving environment variables.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 5.13% probability · 92th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- apple/mac os x
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133826/issetugid-rsh-libmalloc-OS-X-Local-Root.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134087/Mac-OS-X-10.9.5-10.10.5-rsh-libmalloc-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Oct/5
- http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/osx/local/rsh_libmalloc
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76908
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033703
- https://support.apple.com/HT205267Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38371/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38540/
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133826/issetugid-rsh-libmalloc-OS-X-Local-Root.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134087/Mac-OS-X-10.9.5-10.10.5-rsh-libmalloc-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Oct/5
- http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/osx/local/rsh_libmalloc
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76908
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033703
- https://support.apple.com/HT205267Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38371/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38540/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.