Apple Mac OS X / EFI multiple security vulnerabilities

Privilege escalation, information disclosure, multiple memory corruptions...

APPLE-SA-2015-06-30-3 Mac EFI Security Update 2015-001

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 APPLE-SA-2015-06-30-3 Mac EFI Security Update 2015-001 Mac EFI Security Update 2015-001 is now available and addresses the following: EFI Available for: OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.5, OS X Mavericks v10.9.5 Impact: A malicious application with root...

CVE-2015-3693

Apple Mac EFI before 2015-001, as used in OS X before 10.10.4 and other products, does not properly set refresh rates for DDR3 RAM, which might make it easier for remote attackers to conduct row-hammer attacks, and consequently gain privileges or cause a denial of service memory corruption, by...

CVE-2015-3692

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...

Design/Logic Flaw

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...

Memory corruption

Apple Mac EFI before 2015-001, as used in OS X before 10.10.4 and other products, does not properly set refresh rates for DDR3 RAM, which might make it easier for remote attackers to conduct row-hammer attacks, and consequently gain privileges or cause a denial of service memory corruption, by...

CVE-2015-3693

Apple Mac EFI before 2015-001, as used in OS X before 10.10.4 and other products, does not properly set refresh rates for DDR3 RAM, which might make it easier for remote attackers to conduct row-hammer attacks, and consequently gain privileges or cause a denial of service memory corruption, by...

CVE-2015-3692

CVE-2015-3692 describes an EFI unlock/locking issue in Apple Mac EFI present in OS X up to 10.10.3, where the FLOCKDN protection bit could remain unset after resume from sleep, enabling a local attacker with root privileges to perform EFI flash attacks. Connected documents provide concrete detail...

CVE-2015-3692

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...

CVE-2015-3693

Apple Mac EFI before 2015-001 on OS X versions including pre-10.10.4 is affected by a rowhammer‑style memory corruption issue (CVE-2015-3693) caused by insufficient DDR3 memory refresh handling. This could enable remote attackers to cause memory corruption and gain privileges or trigger a denial ...

Apple OS X EFI Flash Modification Vulnerability

Apple Mac OS X is an operating system developed by Apple Inc. Apple Mac OS X has a security vulnerability that allows root privileged applications to modify EFI flash memory by failing to adequately lock the EIF flash memory when resuming from hibernation...

Mac OS X 10.10.x < 10.10.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (GHOST) (Logjam)

The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.10.x that is prior to 10.10.4. It is, therefore, affected multiple vulnerabilities in the following components : - Admin Framework - afpserver - apache - AppleFSCompression - AppleGraphicsControl - AppleThunderboltEDMService - ATS - Bluetooth -...

Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2015-005) (GHOST) (Logjam)

The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.8.5 or 10.9.5 that is missing Security Update 2015-005. It is, therefore, affected multiple vulnerabilities in the following components : - Admin Framework - afpserver - apache - AppleFSCompression - AppleGraphicsControl -...

Apple Releases Security Updates for QuickTime, Safari, Mac EFI, OS X Yosemite, and iOS

Apple has released security updates for QuickTime, Safari, Mac Extensible Firmware Interface EFI, OS X Yosemite, and iOS. Exploitation of some of these vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to obtain elevated privileges or crash applications. Available updates include: QuickTime 7.7.7 for Windows...

Apple Mac OS X EFI Firmware Vulnerable

MAC is apple's self-developed operating system, now commonly used operating systems are windows, linux, mac. A security vulnerability exists in Apple Mac OS X EFI firmware. The vulnerability allows an attacker to perform unauthorized operations in the context of the affected system...

Code injection

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...

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...

CVE-2014-4498

CVE-2014-4498 affects Apple OS X pre-10.10.2. The EFI/firmware can be modified by a physically proximate attacker via a Thunderbolt device carrying crafted code in an Option ROM during the EFI update process (Thunderstrike). The vulnerability targets the EFI update flow; impact is attacker-contro...

Apple Patches Thunderstrike Bug in OSX, Fixes More Than 30 Flaws in iOS

Apple has released major security updates for both OS X and iOS that includes patches for a number of bugs that could lead to arbitrary code execution. The release of iOS 8.1.3 fixes a vulnerability that allowed an attacker to bypass the sandbox restrictions in Safari and the OS X update fixes a...

Apple OS X Yosemite 10.10.2 Update to Patch years-old Thunderstrike vulnerability

Apple is preparing to release the second update to OS X Yosemite in the coming days to its customers. The upcoming beta update OS X Yosemite 10.10.2 contains a patch for the Thunderstrike vulnerability that allows malware to be injected into Macs via the Thunderbolt port. Earlier this month,...