Apple iTunes < 12.4 DLL Injection Arbitrary Code Execution (credentialed check)

high Nessus Plugin ID 91347

Synopsis

The remote host contains an application that is affected by a DLL injection vulnerability.

Description

The version of Apple iTunes installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 12.4. It is, therefore, affected by a DLL (Dynamic Link Library) injection vulnerability in the setup component that is triggered when running the installer from an untrusted directory. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by placing a specially crafted DLL file in the untrusted directory, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code in the context of the current user.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Apple iTunes version 12.4 or later.

See Also

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206379

http://www.nessus.org/u?7c25c376

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 91347

File Name: itunes_12_4.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 5/27/2016

Updated: 11/19/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-1742

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:apple:itunes

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated, installed_sw/iTunes Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/16/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/16/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1742

APPLE-SA: APPLE-SA-2016-05-16-6