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CVE-2015-7001

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2015-12-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

AppSandbox in Apple iOS before 9.2, OS X before 10.11.2, tvOS before 9.1, and watchOS before 2.1 mishandles hard links, which allows attackers to bypass Contacts access revocation via a crafted app.

Affected products

• Apple Iphone Os: through 9.1
• macOS: through 10.11.1
• Apple tvOS: through 9.0
• Apple watchOS: through 2.0

References

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00000.html
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00001.html
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00002.html
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00005.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78719
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034344
• https://support.apple.com/HT205635
• https://support.apple.com/HT205637
• https://support.apple.com/HT205640
• https://support.apple.com/HT205641
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00000.html
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00001.html

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