VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2015-7071

critical
Published 2015-12-11 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
—
CVSS v2
10.0
VIR risk
10.0

Description

The File Bookmark component in Apple OS X before 10.11.2 allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism for app scoped bookmarks via a crafted pathname.

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/HT205637

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

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

OS impact
OSVersionStatusFixed in
macos macosaffected

References

CWEs

CWE-264

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