iTunes < 12.7 Data Sync Vulnerability (Mac OS)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 103508

Synopsis

The remote host contains an application that is affected by an insecure permissions vulnerability.

Description

The version of iTunes installed on the remote Mac OS X host is older than 12.7. It is, therefore, affected by a data sync vulnerability.

Solution

Upgrade to iTunes 12.7 or later.

See Also

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208140

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 103508

File Name: macosx_itunes_12_7.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 9/27/2017

Updated: 11/12/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-7079

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:apple:itunes

Required KB Items: Host/MacOSX/Version, installed_sw/iTunes

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/12/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/12/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-7079

BID: 100983

APPLE-SA: APPLE-SA-2017-09-25-7