CVE-2015-5849 — The filtering implementation in AppleEvents in Apple OS X before 10.11 mishandles attempts to send events to a different user, which allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a screen-sharing connection

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MEDIUM

The filtering implementation in AppleEvents in Apple OS X before 10.11 mishandles attempts to send events to a different user, which allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a screen-sharing connection

Published Oct 9, 2015

6.8

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.66%

Description

The filtering implementation in AppleEvents in Apple OS X before 10.11 mishandles attempts to send events to a different user, which allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a screen-sharing connection.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.66% 0.01660

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01660

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.66% (0.01660)	75.80th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.66% (0.01660)	73.53th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.25% (0.00253)	46.68th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.10% (0.00103)	43.71th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 10, 2024	0.10% (0.00103)	42.51th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.10% (0.00103)	40.48th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.95% (0.00954)	36.37th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 2, 2022	0.95% (0.00954)	34.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.95% (0.00954)	32.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.95% (0.00954)	16.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (3)

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033703
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://support.apple.com/HT205267
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033703		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://support.apple.com/HT205267		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner apple

Published Oct 9, 2015

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Aug 6, 2015

Link CVE-2015-5849

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2015-5849

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2015-5849