The XPC implementation in Admin Framework in Apple OS X before 10.10.3 allows local users to bypass authentication and obtain admin privileges via unspecified vectors.
CVE-2015-1130
Score elevated to 9.0 because this CVE is listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-02-10), indicating real-world exploitation has been confirmed by US federal agencies. NVD baseline CVSS 7.8 retained for reference. Confidence: HIGH.
- Actively exploited in the wild (CISA-KEV)
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 7.8
- EG Score
- 9.0(high)
- EG Risk
- 81(Attend)EG Risk 81/100SSVC: Attend
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity90% × 45%Exploitation100% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Remediate soon — notable exploitation risk. - EPSS
- 95.1%
- KEV
- ⚠ Exploited
Published
April 10, 2015
Last Modified
April 21, 2026
Advisory Details (4)
Auto-updated May 19, 2026Apple Mac OSX < 10.7.5/10.8.2/10.9.5/10.10.2 - 'Rootpipe' Local Privilege Escalation - OSX local Exploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36692/About the security content of OS X Yosemite v10.10.3 and Security Update 2015-004 - Apple Support
https://support.apple.com/HT204659Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
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Publicly available exploits
(5 references)Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Metasploit module) (2 GitHub PoCs) (2 Exploit-DB entries). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- GitHub PoCsideeffect42/RootPipeTesterFirst seen Apr 15, 2015
RootPipe (CVE-2015-1130) and Phoenix (CVE-2015-3673) vulnerability testing utility for Mac OS X 10.2.8 and later
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-36745✓ verifiedFirst seen Apr 13, 2015
Apple Mac OSX - 'Rootpipe' Local Privilege Escalation (Metasploit)
Open source ↗ - GitHub PoCShmoopi/RootPipe-DemoFirst seen Apr 10, 2015
Proof of Concept OS X Application for RootPipe Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (CVE-2015-1130)
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-36692✓ verifiedFirst seen Apr 9, 2015
Apple Mac OSX < 10.7.5/10.8.2/10.9.5/10.10.2 - 'Rootpipe' Local Privilege Escalation
Open source ↗ - Metasploitexploit/osx/local/rootpipe✓ verifiedFirst seen Apr 9, 2015
Apple OS X Rootpipe Privilege Escalation
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