CVE-2015-5943 — SecurityAgent in Apple OS X before 10.11.1 does not prevent synthetic clicks from reaching keychain windows, which allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted app

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SecurityAgent in Apple OS X before 10.11.1 does not prevent synthetic clicks from reaching keychain windows, which allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted app

Published Oct 23, 2015

4.3

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.19%

Description

SecurityAgent in Apple OS X before 10.11.1 does not prevent synthetic clicks from reaching keychain windows, which allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted app.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.19% 0.01188

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

EPSS probability 0.01188

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	1.19% (0.01188)	66.78th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.19% (0.01188)	63.74th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.36% (0.00357)	55.74th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.07% (0.00074)	34.00th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 21, 2024	0.07% (0.00074)	32.09th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.07% (0.00074)	30.05th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-254

References (2)

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00005.html
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT205375
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00005.html		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT205375		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner apple

Published Oct 23, 2015

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Aug 6, 2015

Link CVE-2015-5943

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2015-5943

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2015-5943