VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2015-5780

critical
Published 2015-10-09 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
10.0
VIR risk
10.0

Description

The Safari Extensions implementation in Apple Safari before 9 does not require user confirmation before replacing an installed extension, which has unspecified impact and attack vectors.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — https://support.apple.com/HT205265

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00007.html

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
applesafari{"endIncluding":"8.0.8"}

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.