CVE-2002-0676
SoftwareUpdate for MacOS 10.1.x does not use authentication when downloading a software update, which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by posing as the Apple update server via techniques such as DNS spoofing or cache poisoning, and…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.27%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
SoftwareUpdate for MacOS 10.1.x does not use authentication when downloading a software update, which could allow remote attackers 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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 4.27% probability · 91th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- apple/mac os x
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.cunap.com/~hardingr/projects/osx/exploit.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9502.php
- http://www.osvdb.org/5137
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5176
- http://www.cunap.com/~hardingr/projects/osx/exploit.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9502.php
- http://www.osvdb.org/5137
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5176
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.