CVE-2002-0676

Apple Mac OSX 10.1.x - SoftwareUpdate Arbitrary Package Installation

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2002-07-08 First Exploit
2002-07-09 CVE Reserved
2002-07-11 CVE Published
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
2024-12-17 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9502.php	Vdb Entry
http://www.osvdb.org/5137	Vdb Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5176	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21596	2002-07-08

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.cunap.com/~hardingr/projects/osx/exploit.html	2008-09-05

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				10.1 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version "10.1"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				10.1.1 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version "10.1.1"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				10.1.2 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version "10.1.2"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				10.1.3 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version "10.1.3"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				10.1.4 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version "10.1.4"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				10.1.5 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version "10.1.5"		-		Affected