CVE-2015-1117 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Apple iOS before 8.3, OS X before 10.10.3, and Apple TV before 7.2. The flaw in the setreuid and setregid system calls allows crafted applications to bypass proper privilege drops, leading to code execution with unintended user or group privileges. With a CVSS score of 6.9, this vulnerability has a local attack vector and medium attack complexity, posing a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, though it has received some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 8.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 10.10.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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