CVE-2015-5897

Severity

46%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

106%

The Address Book framework in Apple OS X before 10.11 allows local users to gain privileges by using an environment variable to inject code into processes that rely on this framework.

The Address Book framework in Apple OS X before 10.11 allows local users to gain privileges by using an environment variable to inject code into processes that rely on this framework.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.6. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 9 years ago

2015-10-09 05:59:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-12-08 03:11:00

Affected Software

Apple Mac OS X

References

APPLE-SA-2015-09-30-3

Vendor Advisory

1033703

https://support.apple.com/HT205267

Vendor Advisory

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