CVE-2016-1731 - Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

Apple Software Update before 2.2 on Windows does not use HTTPS, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof updates by modifying the client-server data stream.

Apple Software Update before 2.2 on Windows does not use HTTPS, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof updates by modifying the client-server data stream.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.9. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N).

Overview

First reported 8 years ago

2016-03-14 01:59:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-12-03 03:22:00

Affected Software

Apple Software Update

References

84283

1035256

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT206091

Patch, Vendor Advisory

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