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FKIE_CVE-2018-4251

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-06-08 18:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:58

Severity

5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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.

References

URL	Tags
product-security@apple.com	http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Mar/45	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
product-security@apple.com	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041027	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
product-security@apple.com	https://support.apple.com/HT208849	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Mar/45	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041027	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://support.apple.com/HT208849	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	apple	mac_os_x	*

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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

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

apple mitre root

References

3 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

Show details on NVD website

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

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Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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