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CVE-2015-3673

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-3673 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Apple OS X before version 10.10.4. It allows a local attacker to gain root privileges by manipulating the Admin Framework's handling of writeconfig clients, specifically by moving and modifying Directory Utility. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability is considered highly severe due to its low attack complexity and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, exploit modules, including a Metasploit module, are publicly available, indicating a clear path for exploitation, though community discussion and media coverage remain low.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 10.10.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.81%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Apple OS X Entitlements Rootpipe Privilege Escalation · Jul 1, 2015
ExploitDB: EDB-38036 · Aug 31, 2015
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0581 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 3,241 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2015/Jun/msg00002.html
PatchVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT204942
Vendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/38036
securityfocus.com / bid/75493
securitytracker.com / id/1032760