CVE-2016-7585 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2016-7585?

CVE-2016-7585 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 2 Apr 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-310

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-7585?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Mac Os X.

How do I fix CVE-2016-7585?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-7585 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-7585 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-7585 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-43r5-42q2-7483.