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Apple Software Update 2.2

• Apple Software Update

Available for: Windows 7 and later

Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to control the contents of the updates window

Description: The contents of the updates window were retrieved from the network using an unprotected HTTP connection. This issue was addressed by using an encrypted HTTPS connection to retrieve the contents.

CVE-ID

CVE-2016-1731