Vulnerability CVE-2015-5849
Published: 2015-10-09

Description:
The filtering implementation in AppleEvents in Apple OS X before 10.11 mishandles attempts to send events to a different user, which allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a screen-sharing connection.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Apple -> Mac os x 

 References:
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033703
https://support.apple.com/HT205267
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