CVE-2014-4498

Severity

47%

Complexity

34%

Confidentiality

115%

The CPU Software in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 allows physically proximate attackers to modify firmware during the EFI update process by inserting a Thunderbolt device with crafted code in an Option ROM, aka the "Thunderstrike" issue.

The CPU Software in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 allows physically proximate attackers to modify firmware during the EFI update process by inserting a Thunderbolt device with crafted code in an Option ROM, aka the "Thunderstrike" issue.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.7. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N).

Overview

First reported 10 years ago

2015-01-30 11:59:00

Last updated 9 years ago

2015-10-09 20:47:00

Affected Software

Apple Mac OS X

References

APPLE-SA-2015-01-27-4

Vendor Advisory

http://support.apple.com/HT204244

Vendor Advisory

1031650

https://trmm.net/Thunderstrike

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