CVE-2015-5887 describes a critical vulnerability in the TLS Handshake Protocol implementation of Apple Secure Transport in OS X versions prior to 10.11. This flaw allows remote attackers to send a Certificate Request message without a preceding Server Key Exchange, leading to an unspecified but potentially severe impact. With a CVSS score of 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C), this vulnerability indicates a high risk of compromise to confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring no authentication or complex attack vectors. Despite its critical severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 10.10.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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