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CVE-2018-4251 (GCVE-0-2018-4251)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-08 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 05:11
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041027 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://support.apple.com/HT208849 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Mar/45 mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
Date Public
2018-06-01 00:00
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