CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-4251
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-06-08
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.1 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-732
Description
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.5 is affected. The issue involves the "Firmware" component. It allows attackers to modify the EFI flash-memory region that a crafted app that has root access.
Affected configurations
• apple mac os x (< 10.13.5)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource weakness
Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)
- CWE-1269 Product Released in Non-Release Configuration weakness
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Mar/45 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041027 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://support.apple.com/HT208849 Vendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Mar/45 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041027 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://support.apple.com/HT208849 Vendor Advisory