CVE-2015-1130
The XPC implementation in Admin Framework in Apple OS X before 10.10.3 allows local users to bypass authentication and obtain admin…
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 9.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.4% of all CVEs
- YesKnown exploitedin CISA's KEV since 10 Feb 2022
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The XPC implementation in Admin Framework in Apple OS X before 10.10.3 allows local users to bypass authentication and obtain admin privileges via unspecified vectors.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Apple OS X Authentication Bypass Vulnerability.
- Added
- 10 Feb 2022
- Fix due (US federal)
- 10 Aug 2022
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
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ENISA's EU Vulnerability Database lists it as exploited, from CISA's KEV, since 10 Feb 2022.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
Show the exploits4
Metasploit modules1 module
- Apple OS X Rootpipe Privilege Escalation (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/osx/local/rootpipeRank greatdisclosed 9 Apr 2015
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Apple Mac OSX - 'Rootpipe' Local Privilege Escalation (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 36745local, osxpublished 13 Apr 2015Verified
- Apple Mac OSX < 10.7.5/10.8.2/10.9.5/10.10.2 - 'Rootpipe' Local Privilege Escalation (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 36692local, osxpublished 9 Apr 2015Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 36692 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By apple
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited in the wild
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 9.9% · top 4.4% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- https://support.apple.com/HT204659 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 73982 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 120418 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 36692 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 1032048 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2015-04-08-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-1130 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2015-1273 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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