CVE-2015-3692

high

Description

Apple Mac EFI before 2015-001, as used in OS X before 10.10.4 and other products, does not enforce a locking protection mechanism upon being woken from sleep, which allows local users to conduct EFI flash attacks by leveraging root privileges.

References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032444

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75495

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT204942

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT204934

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jun/msg00003.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jun/msg00002.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-07-03

Updated: 2016-12-06

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High