CVE-2015-5932 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2015-5932?

CVE-2015-5932 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 23 Oct 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The kernel in Apple OS X before 10.11.1 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging an unspecified "type confusion" during Mach task processing.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-5932?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Mac Os X.

How do I fix CVE-2015-5932?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-5932 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2015-5932 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-5932 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-pq93-4fgm-83r5.