Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X
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.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (26.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 26th percentile — 26.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1033703 (vdb-entry)
- trmm.net/Thunderstrike_FAQ
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- support.apple.com/HT205267 (Vendor Advisory)