CVE-2015-3761: Apple Mac OS X

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The kernel in Apple OS X before 10.10.5 does not properly validate pathnames in the environment, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

• Apple Mac OS X: up to and including 10.10.4

Published 2015-08-16. Last modified 2026-06-17.