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CVE-2015-6980

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• 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: 2016-01-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Directory Utility in Apple OS X before 10.11.1 mishandles authentication for new sessions, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

• macOS: through 10.11.0

References

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00005.html
• https://support.apple.com/HT205375
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00005.html
• https://support.apple.com/HT205375

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