Description
Software Update in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack between the client and the server, using a modified distribution definition file with the "allow-external-scripts" option.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Metasploit 1 module
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Apple OS X Software Update Command Execution
exploit/osx/browser/software_update
Exploit-DB 1
- Apple Mac OSX Software Update - Command Execution (Metasploit) EDB-16867 · remote · Sep 20, 2010 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- macos-software-update-command-execution(39111) vdb-entry
- ADV-2007-4238 vdb-entry
- 20071217 Apple OS X Software Update Remote Command Execution mailing-list
- TA07-352A third-party-advisory
- 28136 third-party-advisory
- 1019106 vdb-entry
- 26908 vdb-entry
- APPLE-SA-2007-12-17 vendor-advisory
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179