Vulnerability CVE-2014-4498
Published: 2015-01-30

Description:
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.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.7/10
6.9/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Complete
None
Affected software
Apple -> Mac os x 

 References:
https://trmm.net/Thunderstrike
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031650
http://support.apple.com/HT204244
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html
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