CVE-2015-3692

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-3692
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerapple
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-07-03 01:59:46 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionApple 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-284 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Mac Os X All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
About the security content of Mac EFI Security Update 2015-001 - Apple Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Vendor Advisory
Malformed Request af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
APPLE-SA-2015-06-30-2 OS X Yosemite v10.10.4 and Security Update 2015-005 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
APPLE-SA-2015-06-30-3 Mac EFI Security Update 2015-001 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com Vendor Advisory
About the security content of OS X Yosemite v10.10.4 and Security Update 2015-005 - Apple Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Vendor Advisory
Apple OS X Firmware Write-Protection Flaw Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
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