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CVE-2002-0676
SoftwareUpdate for MacOS 10.1.x does not use authentication when downloading a software update, which could allow remote attackers to…
High7.5EPSS 4.3%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
SoftwareUpdate for MacOS 10.1.x does not use authentication when downloading a software update, which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by posing as the Apple update server via techniques such as DNS spoofing or cache poisoning, and supplying Trojan Horse updates.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 9 months later
· 9 months later
Published
- 21 years later
· 21 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.3% · top 8.8% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- 5137 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 5176 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.cunap.com/~hardingr/projects/osx/exploit.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- macos-softwareupdate-no-auth(9502) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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