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CVE-2015-3760

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-3760 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Apple OS X before version 10.10.5, stemming from improper validation of pathnames in the dyld environment. With a CVSS score of 7.2, it is considered highly severe, allowing a local attacker to gain full control over the system with low attack complexity. Exploit code is publicly available, including a Metasploit module, and it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating its potential for active exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 10.10.4CPE 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
1.75%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Apple OS X DYLD_PRINT_TO_FILE Privilege Escalation · Jul 21, 2015
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0175 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 3,241 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

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/Aug/msg00001.html
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT205031
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/76340
securitytracker.com / id/1033276