CVE-2015-5914

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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 4.7 Medium

Status

Modified - product-security@apple.com

Published

2015-10-09

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-17

Affected products

• Mac Os X (Apple)

References

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033703
• https://support.apple.com/HT205267
• https://trmm.net/Thunderstrike_FAQ