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CVE-2014-4498

The CPU Software in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 allows physically proximate attackers to modify firmware during the EFI update process by inserting a Thunderbolt device with crafted code in an Option ROM, aka the "Thunderstrike" issue.

Published

2015-01-30T11:59:27.187

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.7 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-17

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	≤ 10.10.1	Yes

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://support.apple.com/HT204244 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031650 ([email protected])
https://trmm.net/Thunderstrike ([email protected])
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://support.apple.com/HT204244 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031650 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://trmm.net/Thunderstrike (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)