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Medium 4.6Published Oct 9, 2015
CVE-2015-5897The Address Book framework in Apple OS X before 10.11 allows local users to gain privileges by using an environment variable to inject code into processes that rely on this framework.
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The Address Book framework in Apple OS X before 10.11 allows local users to gain privileges by using an environment variable to inject code into processes that rely on this framework.
- CVSS
- 4.6 MEDIUM (v2.0, NVD)AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Nov 1, 2026
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