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CVE-2015-5754

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-5754 is a race condition vulnerability in the Install.framework of Apple OS X before version 10.10.5, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. With a CVSS score of 9.3 (Critical), it has a high attack complexity but can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV, an exploit module is available on ExploitDB, and it has garnered some community discussion.

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

9.3HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.42%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-38136 · Sep 10, 2015
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0742 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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/Aug/msg00001.html
Vendor Advisory
packetstormsecurity.com / files/133550/OS-X-Suid-Privilege-Escalation.html
support.apple.com / kb/HT205031
Vendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/38136
securityfocus.com / bid/76340
securitytracker.com / id/1033276