CVE-2015-6980 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2015-6980?

CVE-2015-6980 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 11 Jan 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Directory Utility in Apple OS X before 10.11.1 mishandles authentication for new sessions, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-6980?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Mac Os X.

How do I fix CVE-2015-6980?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-6980 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2015-6980 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6980 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-5r45-45gx-4m7m.