The filtering implementation in AppleEvents in Apple OS X before 10.11 mishandles attempts to send events to a different user, which allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a screen-sharing connection.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2015-10-09T01:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T07:06:33.923Z

Reserved: 2015-08-06T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-5849

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2015-10-09T05:59:06.673

Modified: 2016-12-09T16:42:51.273

Link: CVE-2015-5849

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