PT-2008-4837 · Apple · Itunes

Francisco Amato · Published 2008-08-01 · Updated 2017-09-29 · CVE-2008-3434

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple iTunes versions prior to 10.5.1

Description The issue allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse update. This can be achieved by exploiting the lack of proper verification of update authenticity, potentially through techniques such as DNS cache poisoning.

Recommendations For versions prior to 10.5.1, update to version 10.5.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-3434

Affected Products

Itunes

References · 7

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011/Nov/msg00003.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3434 · Security Note
• http://infobyte.com.ar/down/isr-evilgrade-1.0.0.tar.gz · Note
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5030 · Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-07/0250.html · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17136 · Note
• http://infobyte.com.ar/down/Francisco%20Amato%20-%20evilgrade%20-%20ENG.pdf · Note