CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-1731

5.9 MEDIUM Published 2016-03-14 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-03-14
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
5.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-310, CWE-345

Description

Apple Software Update before 2.2 on Windows does not use HTTPS, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof updates by modifying the client-server data stream.

Affected configurations

• apple software update (<= 2.1.3.127)

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-345 Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity weakness

References