CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-5889
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2015-10-09
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
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.
Affected configurations
• apple mac os x (<= 10.10.5)
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html Vendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133826/issetugid-rsh-libmalloc-OS-X-Local-Root.html packetstormsecurity.com
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134087/Mac-OS-X-10.9.5-10.10.5-rsh-libmalloc-Privilege-Escalation.html packetstormsecurity.com
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Oct/5 seclists.org
- http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/osx/local/rsh_libmalloc www.rapid7.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76908 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033703 www.securitytracker.com
- https://support.apple.com/HT205267 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38371/ www.exploit-db.com
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38540/ www.exploit-db.com
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html Vendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133826/issetugid-rsh-libmalloc-OS-X-Local-Root.html packetstormsecurity.com
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134087/Mac-OS-X-10.9.5-10.10.5-rsh-libmalloc-Privilege-Escalation.html packetstormsecurity.com
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Oct/5 seclists.org
- http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/osx/local/rsh_libmalloc www.rapid7.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76908 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033703 www.securitytracker.com
- https://support.apple.com/HT205267 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38371/ www.exploit-db.com
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38540/ www.exploit-db.com