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CVE-2015-7078

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-7078 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Hypervisor component of Apple OS X versions prior to 10.11.2. This flaw allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on affected systems. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (High), it presents a significant risk due to its low attack complexity and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, public exploit code exists via ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of widespread active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 10.11.1CPE 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
1.06%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
61.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-39370 · Jan 28, 2016
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0106 is in the 80th 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/Dec/msg00005.html
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT205637
Vendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/39370
securitytracker.com / id/1034344