CVE-2016-4755
Terminal in Apple OS X before 10.12 uses weak permissions for the .bash_history and .bash_session...
CVE-2016-4755 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Apple Mac Os X, published September 25, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.33%, the 26th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
Terminal in Apple OS X before 10.12 uses weak permissions for the .bash_history and .bash_session files, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
5.5
Terminal in Apple OS X before 10.12 uses weak permissions for the .bash_history and .bash_session files, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.
- Record
CVE-2016-4755- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Terminal in Apple OS X before 10.12 uses weak permissions for the .bash_history and .bash_session files, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.
- Record
CVE-2016-4755- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-5740 No score
Terminal in Apple OS X before 10.12 uses weak permissions for the .bash_history and .bash_session files, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.
- Record
EUVD-2016-5740- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-r935-5qw2-jhvv
5.5
Terminal in Apple OS X before 10.12 uses weak permissions for the .bash_history and .bash_session...
Terminal in Apple OS X before 10.12 uses weak permissions for the .bash_history and .bash_session files, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.
- Record
GHSA-r935-5qw2-jhvv- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | aliases | EUVD |
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |