HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2015-1061

Tvos vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
4.2%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
IOSurface in Apple iOS before 8.2, Apple OS X through 10.10.2, and Apple TV before 7.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app that leverages "type confusion" during serialized-object handling.
Affected vendor
Apple
Affected product
Tvos
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2015-03-12

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2015-1061

  • Confirm whether Apple Tvos is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2015-1061.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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