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CVE-2015-7044

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.4% 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-254

Description

The System Integrity Protection feature in Apple OS X before 10.11.2 mishandles union mounts, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app with root privileges.

Affected products

• macOS: through 10.11.1

References

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00005.html
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034344
• https://support.apple.com/HT205637
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00005.html
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034344
• https://support.apple.com/HT205637

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