VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2016-7585

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Published 2017-04-02 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
6.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
2.1
VIR risk
6.8

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.4 is affected. The issue involves mishandling of DMA in the "EFI" component. It allows physically proximate attackers to discover the FileVault 2 encryption password via a crafted Thunderbolt adapter.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
67%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — https://support.apple.com/HT207615

OS impact
OSVersionStatusFixed in
macos macosaffected

References

CWEs

CWE-310

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.