CVEvulnerability

CVE-2011-3215

2.1 LOW Published 2011-10-14 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2011-10-14
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-264

Description

The kernel in Apple Mac OS X before 10.7.2 does not properly prevent FireWire DMA in the absence of a login, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and discover a password by making a DMA request in the (1) loginwindow, (2) boot, or (3) shutdown state.

Affected configurations

• apple mac os x (<= 10.7.1) • apple mac os x 10.0 • apple mac os x 10.0.0 • apple mac os x 10.0.1 • apple mac os x 10.0.2 • apple mac os x 10.0.3 • apple mac os x 10.0.4 • apple mac os x 10.1 • apple mac os x 10.1.0 • apple mac os x 10.1.1 • apple mac os x 10.1.2 • apple mac os x 10.1.3 • apple mac os x 10.1.4 • apple mac os x 10.1.5 • apple mac os x 10.2 • apple mac os x 10.2.0 • apple mac os x 10.2.1 • apple mac os x 10.2.2 • apple mac os x 10.2.3 • apple mac os x 10.2.4 • apple mac os x 10.2.5 • apple mac os x 10.2.6 • apple mac os x 10.2.7 • apple mac os x 10.2.8 • apple mac os x 10.3 • apple mac os x 10.3.0 • apple mac os x 10.3.1 • apple mac os x 10.3.2 • apple mac os x 10.3.3 • apple mac os x 10.3.4 • apple mac os x 10.3.5 • apple mac os x 10.3.6 • apple mac os x 10.3.7 • apple mac os x 10.3.8 • apple mac os x 10.3.9 • apple mac os x 10.4 • apple mac os x 10.4.0 • apple mac os x 10.4.1 • apple mac os x 10.4.2 • apple mac os x 10.4.3 • apple mac os x 10.4.4 • apple mac os x 10.4.5 • apple mac os x 10.4.6 • apple mac os x 10.4.7 • apple mac os x 10.4.8 • apple mac os x 10.4.9 • apple mac os x 10.4.10 • apple mac os x 10.4.11 • apple mac os x 10.5 • apple mac os x 10.5.0 • apple mac os x 10.5.1 • apple mac os x 10.5.2 • apple mac os x 10.5.3 • apple mac os x 10.5.4 • apple mac os x 10.5.5 • apple mac os x 10.5.6 • apple mac os x 10.5.7 • apple mac os x 10.5.8 • apple mac os x 10.6.0 • apple mac os x 10.6.1 … and 76 more

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

References