iTunes < 11.2.1 Insecure Permissions Local Privilege Escalation

low Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 8259

Synopsis

The remote host is running a multimedia application that contains a content injection vulnerability.

Description

Versions of iTunes earlier than 11.2.1 are affected by an error wherein world-writable permissions are set for the '/Users' and '/Users/Shared' directories upon reboot. A local attacker may leverage this to manipulate contents in these directories and gain escalated privileges.

Solution

Upgrade to iTunes 11.2.1 or later.

See Also

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6251

http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2014/May/99

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 8259

Family: Web Clients

Published: 5/19/2014

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 74092, 74093

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.8

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

Temporal Vector: E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.9

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Temporal Vector: E:X/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:apple:itunes

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/17/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-1347

BID: 67457