Medium severity6.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 2, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-7585

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.

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Affected products

Apple Inc./Mac OS X
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=10.12.3
Apple Inc./macOSllm-fuzzy
Range: <10.12.4

Patches

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References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/97140nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
support.apple.com/HT207615nvdVendor Advisory
www.securitytracker.com/id/1038138nvd

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