Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X

CVE-2011-3215

The kernel in Apple Mac OS X before 10.7.2 does not properly prevent FireWire DMA in the absence of a login, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and discover a password by making a DMA request in the (1) loginwindow, (2) boot, or (3) shutdown state.

EPSS: 0.004 (29.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Apple Mac_os_x — versions 10.0, 10.0.0, 10.0.1
Apple Mac_os_x_server — versions 10.0, 10.0.0, 10.0.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

product-security@apple.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE, Vendor Advisory)
product-security@apple.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
product-security@apple.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)