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Apple Software Update Insecure Transport

medium Nessus Plugin ID 90005

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Synopsis

The remote host has an application installed that that uses an insecure connection protocol for updating.

Description

The version of Apple Software Update installed on the remote Windows host does not use the HTTPS protocol when transferring the updates window contents. A man-in-the-middle attacker can exploit this vulnerability, by modifying the data stream between the client and server, to control the contents of the updates window.

Solution

Upgrade to Apple Software Update version 2.2 or later.

See Also

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206091

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 90005

File Name: apple_software_update_2_2.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 3/17/2016

Updated: 10/19/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-1731

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:apple:software_update

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Apple Software Update

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/10/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/9/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1731

BID: 84283

IAVB: 2016-B-0053-S