CVE-2015-5889

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

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.

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 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 9 years ago

2015-10-09 05:59:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-12-24 02:59:00

Affected Software

Apple Mac OS X

References

APPLE-SA-2015-09-30-3

Vendor 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

20151001 Mac OS X local root (rsh/libmalloc)

http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/osx/local/rsh_libmalloc

76908

1033703

https://support.apple.com/HT205267

Vendor Advisory

38371

38540

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