CVE-2015-6984

medium

Description

libarchive in Apple OS X before 10.11.1 allows attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted app that conducts an unspecified symlink attack.

References

https://support.apple.com/HT205375

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2015-6916

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00005.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-10-23

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 8.8

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01113