CVE-2015-7760 — libxpc in launchd in Apple OS X before 10.11 does not restrict the creation of processes for network connections, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by repeatedly connecting to the SSH port, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-7761

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libxpc in launchd in Apple OS X before 10.11 does not restrict the creation of processes for network connections, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by repeatedly connecting to the SSH port, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-7761

Published Oct 9, 2015

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.25%

Description

libxpc in launchd in Apple OS X before 10.11 does not restrict the creation of processes for network connections, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by repeatedly connecting to the SSH port, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-7761.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.25% 0.02246

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

EPSS probability 0.02246

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	2.25% (0.02246)	82.25th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.25% (0.02246)	80.53th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.82% (0.00820)	72.71th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.76% (0.00760)	81.81th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.76% (0.00760)	80.55th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.76% (0.00760)	78.29th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 17, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.22th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	64.21th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	40.54th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-399

References (4)

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76908
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033703
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
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.securityfocus.com/bid/76908		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033703		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://support.apple.com/HT205267		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Oct 9, 2015

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Oct 8, 2015

Link CVE-2015-7760

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2015-7760

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2015-7760