Published: 11/07/2002 Updated: 05/09/2008

CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 10

VMScore: 755

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

SoftwareUpdate for MacOS 10.1.x does not use authentication when downloading a software update, which could allow remote malicious users to execute arbitrary code by posing as the Apple update server via techniques such as DNS spoofing or cache poisoning, and supplying Trojan Horse updates.

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source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/5176/info A vulnerability has been reported for MacOS X where an attacker may use SoftwareUpdate to install malicious software on the vulnerable system SoftwareUpdate uses HTTP, without any authentication, to obtain updates from Apple Any updated packages are installed on the system as the root user In ...

NVD-CWE-Other http://www.cunap.com/~hardingr/projects/osx/exploit.html http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9502.php http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5176 http://www.osvdb.org/5137 https://nvd.nist.gov https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21596/

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