CVE-2015-5849: The filtering implementation in AppleEvents in Apple OS X before 10.11 mishandles attempts to send events to a different user, which allows attackers to bypass…

PriorityP431medium6.8CVSS 2.0

AVNACMAuNCPIPAP

EPSS

1.66%

74.3th percentile

The filtering implementation in AppleEvents in Apple OS X before 10.11 mishandles attempts to send events to a different user, which allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a screen-sharing connection.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
apple	mac_os_x	<= 10.10.5	—
apple	os_x_el_capitan_v10.11	—	—

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