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MacOS X 10.1.x SoftwareUpdate Arbitrary Package Installation Vulnerability

🗓️ 01 Jul 2014 00:00:00Reported by RootType 
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MacOS X 10.1.x SoftwareUpdate Vulnerability HTTP Installatio

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                                                source: http://www.securityfocus.com/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 order to exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must control the machine located at swquery.apple.com, from the perspective of the vulnerable client. It may be possible to create this condition through some known techniques, including DNS cache poisoning and DNS spoofing.

http://www.exploit-db.com/sploits/21596.tgz.tar
                              

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01 Jul 2014 00:00Current
7.1High risk
Vulners AI Score7.1
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