Description
Apple iTunes before 10.5.1 does not properly verify the authenticity of updates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse update, as demonstrated by evilgrade and DNS cache poisoning.
References
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5030
- http://www.infobyte.com.ar/down/Francisco%20Amato%20-%20evilgrade%20-%20ENG.pdf
- APPLE-SA-2011-11-14-1 vendor-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17136 vdb-entry signature
- http://www.infobyte.com.ar/down/isr-evilgrade-1.0.0.tar.gz
- 20080728 Tool release: [evilgrade] - Using DNS cache poisoning to exploit poor update implementations mailing-list