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GHSA-F5J7-Q9W6-V358

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 03:22 – Updated: 2022-05-17 03:22

Details

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.

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CVE-2015-5914 (GCVE-0-2015-5914)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-10-09 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 07:06

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

apple CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard E 37/100 over 992 records in the last 180 days details

References

4 references

URL	Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033703	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://trmm.net/Thunderstrike_FAQ	x_refsource_MISC
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
https://support.apple.com/HT205267	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Date Public

2015-09-30 00:00

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