CVE-2015-1117

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-04-10 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The (1) setreuid and (2) setregid system-call implementations in the kernel in Apple iOS before 8.3, Apple OS X before 10.10.3, and Apple TV before 7.2 do not properly perform privilege drops, which makes it easier for attackers to execute code with unintended user or group privileges via a crafted app.

Affected products

Apple Iphone Os: through 8.2
macOS: through 10.10.2
Apple tvOS: through 7.1

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00002.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00003.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032048
https://support.apple.com/HT204659
https://support.apple.com/HT204661
https://support.apple.com/HT204662
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT204870
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00002.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00003.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032048

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