CVE-2015-5914

Severity

47%

Complexity

34%

Confidentiality

115%

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.

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.

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 9 years ago

2015-10-09 05:59:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-12-08 03:11:00

Affected Software

Apple Mac OS X

References

APPLE-SA-2015-09-30-3

Vendor Advisory

1033703

https://support.apple.com/HT205267

Vendor Advisory

https://trmm.net/Thunderstrike_FAQ

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