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CVE-2015-5878

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 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: 2015-10-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Notes in Apple OS X before 10.11 misparses links, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

• macOS: through 10.10.5

References

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76908
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033703
• https://support.apple.com/HT205267
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76908
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033703
• https://support.apple.com/HT205267

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