Details of VAR-201510-0079

ID

VAR-201510-0079

CVE

CVE-2015-5914

TITLE

Apple OS X of EFI In the component EFI Vulnerability to change firmware during update process

Trust: 0.8

sources: JVNDB: JVNDB-2015-005164

DESCRIPTION

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. This vulnerability "Thunderstrike" Is called a problem. Supplementary information : CWE Vulnerability type by CWE-17: Code ( code ) Has been identified. Attackers can exploit these issues to execute arbitrary code with system privileges, gain admin privileges, bypass security restrictions, cause denial-of-service conditions, bypass the authentication mechanism, obtain sensitive information, and perform other attacks. These issues affect OS X prior to 10.11. EFI is one of the firmware upgrade interface components

Trust: 2.07

sources: NVD: CVE-2015-5914 // JVNDB: JVNDB-2015-005164 // BID: 76910 // VULHUB: VHN-83875 // VULMON: CVE-2015-5914

AFFECTED PRODUCTS

vendor:	apple	model:	mac os x	scope:	lte	version:	10.10.5	Trust: 1.0
vendor:	apple	model:	mac os x	scope:	lt	version:	10.6.8 thats all 10.11	Trust: 0.8
vendor:	apple	model:	mac os x	scope:	eq	version:	10.10.5	Trust: 0.6
vendor:	apple	model:	mac os	scope:	eq	version:	x10.9.3	Trust: 0.3
vendor:	apple	model:	mac os	scope:	eq	version:	x10.10.1	Trust: 0.3
vendor:	apple	model:	mac os	scope:	eq	version:	x10.7.4	Trust: 0.3
vendor:	apple	model:	mac os	scope:	eq	version:	x10.8.3	Trust: 0.3
vendor:	apple	model:	mac os	scope:	eq	version:	x10.8	Trust: 0.3
vendor:	apple	model:	mac os	scope:	eq	version:	x10.10.4	Trust: 0.3
vendor:	apple	model:	mac os	scope:	eq	version:	x10.8.4	Trust: 0.3
vendor:	apple	model:	mac os	scope:	eq	version:	x10.9.4	Trust: 0.3
vendor:	apple	model:	mac os	scope:	eq	version:	x10.8.5	Trust: 0.3
vendor:	apple	model:	mac os	scope:	eq	version:	x10.9.2	Trust: 0.3
vendor:	apple	model:	mac os	scope:	eq	version:	x10.7.1	Trust: 0.3
vendor:	apple	model:	mac os	scope:	eq	version:	x10.10.2	Trust: 0.3
vendor:	apple	model:	mac os	scope:	ne	version:	x10.11	Trust: 0.3
vendor:	apple	model:	mac os	scope:	eq	version:	x10.10	Trust: 0.3
vendor:	apple	model:	mac os	scope:	eq	version:	x10.10.3	Trust: 0.3
vendor:	apple	model:	mac os	scope:	eq	version:	x10.7	Trust: 0.3
vendor:	apple	model:	mac os	scope:	eq	version:	x10.9.1	Trust: 0.3
vendor:	apple	model:	mac os	scope:	eq	version:	x10.9	Trust: 0.3
vendor:	apple	model:	mac os	scope:	eq	version:	x10.7.5	Trust: 0.3
vendor:	apple	model:	mac os	scope:	eq	version:	x10.6.8	Trust: 0.3
vendor:	apple	model:	mac os	scope:	eq	version:	x10.8.2	Trust: 0.3
vendor:	apple	model:	mac os	scope:	eq	version:	x10.7.2	Trust: 0.3
vendor:	apple	model:	mac os	scope:	eq	version:	x10.10.5	Trust: 0.3
vendor:	apple	model:	mac os	scope:	eq	version:	x10.7.3	Trust: 0.3

sources: BID: 76910 // JVNDB: JVNDB-2015-005164 // CNNVD: CNNVD-201510-115 // NVD: CVE-2015-5914

CVSS

SEVERITY

CVSSV2

CVSSV3

nvd@nist.gov:	CVE-2015-5914
value:	MEDIUM
Trust: 1.0
NVD:	CVE-2015-5914
value:	MEDIUM
Trust: 0.8
CNNVD:	CNNVD-201510-115
value:	MEDIUM
Trust: 0.6
VULHUB:	VHN-83875
value:	MEDIUM
Trust: 0.1
VULMON:	CVE-2015-5914
value:	MEDIUM
Trust: 0.1

nvd@nist.gov:	CVE-2015-5914
severity:	MEDIUM
baseScore:	4.7
vectorString:	AV:L/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:C/A:N
accessVector:	LOCAL
accessComplexity:	MEDIUM
authentication:	NONE
confidentialityImpact:	NONE
integrityImpact:	COMPLETE
availabilityImpact:	NONE
exploitabilityScore:	3.4
impactScore:	6.9
acInsufInfo:	NONE
obtainAllPrivilege:	NONE
obtainUserPrivilege:	NONE
obtainOtherPrivilege:	NONE
userInteractionRequired:	NONE
version:	2.0
Trust: 1.9
VULHUB:	VHN-83875
severity:	MEDIUM
baseScore:	4.7
vectorString:	AV:L/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:C/A:N
accessVector:	LOCAL
accessComplexity:	MEDIUM
authentication:	NONE
confidentialityImpact:	NONE
integrityImpact:	COMPLETE
availabilityImpact:	NONE
exploitabilityScore:	3.4
impactScore:	6.9
acInsufInfo:	NONE
obtainAllPrivilege:	NONE
obtainUserPrivilege:	NONE
obtainOtherPrivilege:	NONE
userInteractionRequired:	NONE
version:	2.0
Trust: 0.1

sources: VULHUB: VHN-83875 // VULMON: CVE-2015-5914 // JVNDB: JVNDB-2015-005164 // CNNVD: CNNVD-201510-115 // NVD: CVE-2015-5914

PROBLEMTYPE DATA

problemtype:	CWE-17	Trust: 1.1
problemtype:	CWE-Other	Trust: 0.8

sources: VULHUB: VHN-83875 // JVNDB: JVNDB-2015-005164 // NVD: CVE-2015-5914

THREAT TYPE

local

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sources: CNNVD: CNNVD-201510-115

TYPE

code injection

Trust: 0.6

sources: CNNVD: CNNVD-201510-115

CONFIGURATIONS

sources: JVNDB: JVNDB-2015-005164

PATCH

title:	Apple security updates	url:	https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222	Trust: 0.8
title:	APPLE-SA-2015-09-30-3 OS X El Capitan 10.11	url:	http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html	Trust: 0.8
title:	HT205267	url:	https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205267	Trust: 0.8
title:	HT205267	url:	http://support.apple.com/ja-jp/HT205267	Trust: 0.8
title:	Apple: OS X El Capitan v10.11	url:	https://vulmon.com/vendoradvisory?qidtp=apple_security_advisories&qid=e88bab658248444f5dffc23fd95859e7	Trust: 0.1

sources: VULMON: CVE-2015-5914 // JVNDB: JVNDB-2015-005164

EXTERNAL IDS

db:	NVD	id:	CVE-2015-5914	Trust: 2.9
db:	SECTRACK	id:	1033703	Trust: 1.2
db:	JVN	id:	JVNVU97220341	Trust: 0.8
db:	JVNDB	id:	JVNDB-2015-005164	Trust: 0.8
db:	CNNVD	id:	CNNVD-201510-115	Trust: 0.7
db:	BID	id:	76910	Trust: 0.4
db:	VULHUB	id:	VHN-83875	Trust: 0.1
db:	VULMON	id:	CVE-2015-5914	Trust: 0.1

sources: VULHUB: VHN-83875 // VULMON: CVE-2015-5914 // BID: 76910 // JVNDB: JVNDB-2015-005164 // CNNVD: CNNVD-201510-115 // NVD: CVE-2015-5914

REFERENCES

url:	http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/sep/msg00008.html	Trust: 1.8
url:	https://support.apple.com/ht205267	Trust: 1.8
url:	https://trmm.net/thunderstrike_faq	Trust: 1.8
url:	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033703	Trust: 1.2
url:	http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=cve-2015-5914	Trust: 0.8
url:	http://jvn.jp/vu/jvnvu97220341/index.html	Trust: 0.8
url:	http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnid=cve-2015-5914	Trust: 0.8
url:	https://www.apple.com/	Trust: 0.3
url:	http://www.apple.com/macosx/	Trust: 0.3
url:	https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/17.html	Trust: 0.1
url:	https://nvd.nist.gov	Trust: 0.1
url:	https://support.apple.com/kb/ht205267	Trust: 0.1
url:	https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76910	Trust: 0.1
url:	http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewalert.x?alertid=41307	Trust: 0.1

sources: VULHUB: VHN-83875 // VULMON: CVE-2015-5914 // BID: 76910 // JVNDB: JVNDB-2015-005164 // CNNVD: CNNVD-201510-115 // NVD: CVE-2015-5914

CREDITS

Dan Bastone of Gotham Digital Science, an anonymous researcher, Jack Lawrence (@_jackhl), Xeno Kovah & Corey Kallenberg from LegbaCore, Yuki MIZUNO (@mzyy94), Camillus Gerard Cai, Apple, Luca Todesco, and Ilja van Sprundel of IOActive.

Trust: 0.3

sources: BID: 76910

SOURCES

db:	VULHUB	id:	VHN-83875
db:	VULMON	id:	CVE-2015-5914
db:	BID	id:	76910
db:	JVNDB	id:	JVNDB-2015-005164
db:	CNNVD	id:	CNNVD-201510-115
db:	NVD	id:	CVE-2015-5914

LAST UPDATE DATE

2025-04-13T20:57:29.934000+00:00

SOURCES UPDATE DATE

db:	VULHUB	id:	VHN-83875	date:	2016-12-08T00:00:00
db:	VULMON	id:	CVE-2015-5914	date:	2016-12-08T00:00:00
db:	BID	id:	76910	date:	2015-09-30T00:00:00
db:	JVNDB	id:	JVNDB-2015-005164	date:	2015-10-13T00:00:00
db:	CNNVD	id:	CNNVD-201510-115	date:	2015-10-12T00:00:00
db:	NVD	id:	CVE-2015-5914	date:	2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

SOURCES RELEASE DATE

db:	VULHUB	id:	VHN-83875	date:	2015-10-09T00:00:00
db:	VULMON	id:	CVE-2015-5914	date:	2015-10-09T00:00:00
db:	BID	id:	76910	date:	2015-09-30T00:00:00
db:	JVNDB	id:	JVNDB-2015-005164	date:	2015-10-13T00:00:00
db:	CNNVD	id:	CNNVD-201510-115	date:	2015-10-10T00:00:00
db:	NVD	id:	CVE-2015-5914	date:	2015-10-09T05:59:32.827