CVE-2015-7024 — Untrusted search path vulnerability in Apple OS X before 10.11.1 allows local users to bypass intended Gatekeeper restrictions and gain privileges via a Trojan horse program that is loaded from an unexpected directory by an application that has a valid Apple digital signature

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Untrusted search path vulnerability in Apple OS X before 10.11.1 allows local users to bypass intended Gatekeeper restrictions and gain privileges via a Trojan horse program that is loaded from an unexpected directory by an application that has a valid Apple digital signature

Published Jan 11, 2016

6.7

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.37%

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Apple OS X before 10.11.1 allows local users to bypass intended Gatekeeper restrictions and gain privileges via a Trojan horse program that is loaded from an unexpected directory by an application that has a valid Apple digital signature.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.37% 0.00368

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00368

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 (9 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 3, 2026	0.37% (0.00368)	28.39th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.37% (0.00368)	28.38th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.06% (0.00062)	16.48th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	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 (0)

No CWE recorded.

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 Jan 11, 2016

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Sep 16, 2015

Link CVE-2015-7024

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2015-7024

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2015-7024