VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2015-7016

high
Published 2015-10-23 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
—
CVSS v2
7.6
VIR risk
7.6

Description

The MCX Application Restrictions component in Apple OS X before 10.11.1, when Managed Configuration is enabled, mishandles provisioning profiles, which allows attackers to bypass intended entitlement restrictions and gain privileges via a crafted developer-signed app.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — https://support.apple.com/HT205375

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00005.html

OS impact
OSVersionStatusFixed in
macos macosaffected

References

CWEs

CWE-264

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