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CVE-2015-5763

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-5763 describes a memory corruption vulnerability in the NTFS driver of Apple OS X before version 10.10.5. This flaw allows local attackers to achieve privilege escalation or trigger a denial of service. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability is rated as high severity, indicating that an attacker with local access can exploit it with low complexity to gain full control over the system (C:C/I:C/A:C). There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal, suggesting low public awareness.

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
0.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
29.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0036 is in the 32nd 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

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