CVE-2015-5914

Published Oct 9, 2015

Last updated 8 years ago

Overview

Description: The EFI component in Apple OS X before 10.11 allows physically proximate attackers to modify firmware during the EFI update process by inserting an Apple Ethernet Thunderbolt adapter with crafted code in an Option ROM, aka a "Thunderstrike" issue. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-4498.
Source: product-security@apple.com
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 4.7
Impact score: 6.9
Exploitability score: 3.4
Vector string: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-17

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

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      {
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        "cpeMatch": [
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            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "0C5FF5EF-B5D2-4BFE-8C0E-DF1F99F3989D",
            "versionEndIncluding": "10.10.5"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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