CVE-2015-5889: Apple Mac OS X

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 5.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Apple Mac OS X: up to and including 10.10.5

Published 2015-10-09. Last modified 2026-06-17.