CVE-2015-5849

critical

Description

The filtering implementation in AppleEvents in Apple OS X before 10.11 mishandles attempts to send events to a different user, which allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a screen-sharing connection.

References

https://support.apple.com/HT205267

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033703

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-10-09

Updated: 2016-12-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Severity: Critical