Known Exploited Vulnerability
7.2
HIGH
CVE-2015-1130
Apple OS X Authentication Bypass Vulnerability - [Actively Exploited]
Description

The XPC implementation in Admin Framework in Apple OS X before 10.10.3 allows local users to bypass authentication and obtain admin privileges via unspecified vectors.

INFO

Published Date :

April 10, 2015, 2:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 17, 2015, 5:41 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

3.9
CISA Notification
CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

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Description :

The XPC implementation in Admin Framework in Apple OS X before 10.10.3 allows local users to bypass authentication and obtain admin privileges.

Required Action :

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2015-1130 has a 9 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2015-1130 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Apple mac_os_x
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2015-1130.

URL Resource
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/120418
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73982 Exploit
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032048
https://support.apple.com/HT204659 Vendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36692/ Exploit

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

Objective-C

Updated: 1 year, 1 month ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Aug. 8, 2023, 3:19 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Objective-C

Updated: 1 year, 1 month ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Aug. 5, 2023, 11:58 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Ostorlab KEV: One-command to detect most remotely known exploitable vulnerabilities. Sourced from CISA KEV, Google's Tsunami, Ostorlab's Asteroid and Bug Bounty programs.

cisa-kev vulnerability 0day cisa exploits

Updated: 1 week, 6 days ago
516 stars 32 fork 32 watcher
Born at : April 19, 2022, 8:58 a.m. This repo has been linked 1181 different CVEs too.

Simple source code analyzer in Go

Go

Updated: 4 years, 11 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Oct. 2, 2019, 4:15 a.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.

Fifty Shades of rootpipe

Objective-C C

Updated: 6 years, 10 months ago
2 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 2, 2017, 2:18 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

This is a script manipulating a bug in OSX to escalate any user level process to Root privilege.

Python

Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago
21 stars 10 fork 10 watcher
Born at : May 30, 2015, 1:50 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Simple script to help you check for files with execute-as bits set.

mac macadmin macadmins python suid security-audit

Python Shell

Updated: 2 months, 4 weeks ago
14 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : April 16, 2015, 6:08 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

RootPipe (CVE-2015-1130) and Phoenix (CVE-2015-3673) vulnerability testing utility for Mac OS X 10.2.8 and later

Objective-C

Updated: 6 months, 1 week ago
18 stars 7 fork 7 watcher
Born at : April 15, 2015, 3:12 p.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.

Proof of Concept OS X Application for RootPipe Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (CVE-2015-1130)

Objective-C

Updated: 6 months, 3 weeks ago
2 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : April 10, 2015, 8:43 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2015-1130 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2015-1130 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 17, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73982 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73982 Exploit
    Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36692/ No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36692/ Exploit
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 12, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36692/
    Added Reference http://www.osvdb.org/120418
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 30, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73982
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 15, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032048
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 11, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/HT204659 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/HT204659 Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html No Types Assigned http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-254
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 10, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2015-1130 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2015-1130 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.05 }} 0.00%

score

0.14222

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability