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A vulnerability has been found in Apple Mac OS X 10.1.x (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Software Update. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
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.
The bug was discovered 07/06/2002. The weakness was shared 07/06/2002 by Russell Harding (Website). The advisory is shared at iss.net. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2002-0676. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.
After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is possible to download the exploit at cunap.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (9502).
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Timeline
07/06/2002 🔍07/06/2002 🔍
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04/09/2004 🔍
07/11/2014 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: iss.net
Researcher: Russell Harding
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2002-0676 (🔍)
X-Force: 9502
SecurityFocus: 5176 - MacOS X SoftwareUpdate Arbitrary Package Installation Vulnerability
OSVDB: 5137 - Mac OS SoftwareUpdate Execute Arbitrary Program
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
Entry
Created: 07/11/2014 14:24Updated: 04/12/2019 17:09
Changes: 07/11/2014 14:24 (60), 04/12/2019 17:09 (1)
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