CVE-2008-3434
Apple iTunes < 10.5.1 - Remote Code Execution via Trojan Horse Update
Title source: llmDescription
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 (6)
Core 6
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5030
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://www.infobyte.com.ar/down/Francisco%20Amato%20-%20evilgrade%20-%20ENG.pdf
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011/Nov/msg00003.html
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://www.infobyte.com.ar/down/isr-evilgrade-1.0.0.tar.gz
Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_fulldisc
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-07/0250.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17136
Scores
EPSS
0.0262
EPSS Percentile
83.6%
Details
CWE
CWE-94
Status
published
Products (30)
apple/itunes
1.0
apple/itunes
1.1
apple/itunes
1.1.1
apple/itunes
1.1.2
apple/itunes
2.0
apple/itunes
2.0.1
apple/itunes
2.0.2
apple/itunes
2.0.3
apple/itunes
2.0.4
apple/itunes
3.0
... and 20 more
Published
Aug 01, 2008
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026