CVE-2015-5889

highpriority · track · 41EPSS 0.051 · 92 %ileexploit · functionalEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

3 exploits · functional

Likely / severe?

5.09% (92nd) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

3 products

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

rsh in the remote_cmds component in Apple OS X before 10.11 allows local users to obtain root privileges via vectors involving environment variables.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.2

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–7.2

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Csecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v2.06.8mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:Fsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

Which sources assert this record, and when.

published 2015-10-09modified 2026-06-17

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