CVE-2015-7001: Apple iPhone OS

Medium severity, CVSS 6.8. EPSS: 2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

AppSandbox in Apple iOS before 9.2, OS X before 10.11.2, tvOS before 9.1, and watchOS before 2.1 mishandles hard links, which allows attackers to bypass Contacts access revocation via a crafted app.

Affected products

• Apple iPhone OS: up to and including 9.1
• Apple Mac OS X: up to and including 10.11.1
• Apple tvOS: up to and including 9.0
• Apple watchOS: up to and including 2.0

Published 2015-12-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.