CVE-2015-3692
Apple Mac EFI before 2015-001, as used in OS X before 10.10.4 and other products, does not...
Apple Mac EFI before 2015-001, as used in OS X before 10.10.4 and other products, does not enforce a locking protection mechanism upon being woken from sleep, which allows local users to conduct EFI flash attacks by leveraging root privileges.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Apple Mac EFI before 2015-001, as used in OS X before 10.10.4 and other products, does not enforce a locking protection mechanism upon being woken from sleep, which allows local users to conduct EFI flash attacks by leveraging root privileges.
- Record
CVE-2015-3692- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Apple Mac EFI before 2015-001, as used in OS X before 10.10.4 and other products, does not enforce a locking protection mechanism upon being woken from sleep, which allows local users to conduct EFI flash attacks by leveraging root privileges.
- Record
CVE-2015-3692- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-3728 No score
Apple Mac EFI before 2015-001, as used in OS X before 10.10.4 and other products, does not enforce a locking protection mechanism upon being woken from sleep, which allows local users to conduct EFI flash attacks by leveraging root privileges.
- Record
EUVD-2015-3728- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j3vj-cfxc-hfjx No score
Apple Mac EFI before 2015-001, as used in OS X before 10.10.4 and other products, does not...
Apple Mac EFI before 2015-001, as used in OS X before 10.10.4 and other products, does not enforce a locking protection mechanism upon being woken from sleep, which allows local users to conduct EFI flash attacks by leveraging root privileges.
- Record
GHSA-j3vj-cfxc-hfjx- Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2015-3692 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Apple Mac Os X, published July 3, 2015. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.31%, the 23rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jun/msg00003.html
support.apple.com/kb/HT204942
securityfocus.com/bid/75495
securitytracker.com/id/1032444
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3692
github.com/advisories/GHSA-j3vj-cfxc-hfjx