CVE-2015-7044 — The System Integrity Protection feature in Apple OS X before 10.11.2 mishandles union mounts, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app with root privileges

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The System Integrity Protection feature in Apple OS X before 10.11.2 mishandles union mounts, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app with root privileges

Published Dec 11, 2015

7.6

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.40%

Description

The System Integrity Protection feature in Apple OS X before 10.11.2 mishandles union mounts, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app with root privileges.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.40% 0.02399

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

EPSS probability 0.02399

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	2.40% (0.02399)	83.42th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.40% (0.02399)	81.80th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.70% (0.00705)	70.40th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.22% (0.00217)	60.72th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jan 24, 2024	0.19% (0.00193)	57.22th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.19% (0.00193)	55.22th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.44% (0.01442)	73.48th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Mar 2, 2023	1.44% (0.01442)	73.47th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.44% (0.01442)	71.46th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.44% (0.01442)	50.55th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-254

References (3)

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00005.html
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034344
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://support.apple.com/HT205637
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00005.html		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034344		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://support.apple.com/HT205637		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner apple

Published Dec 11, 2015

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Sep 16, 2015

Link CVE-2015-7044

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2015-7044

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2015-7044