Vulnerabilities > CVE-2009-0143 - Information Exposure vulnerability in Apple Itunes

047910
CVSS 4.3 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
network
apple
CWE-200
nessus

Summary

Apple iTunes before 8.1 does not properly inform the user about the origin of an authentication request, which makes it easier for remote podcast servers to trick a user into providing a username and password when subscribing to a crafted podcast.

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Subverting Environment Variable Values
    The attacker directly or indirectly modifies environment variables used by or controlling the target software. The attacker's goal is to cause the target software to deviate from its expected operation in a manner that benefits the attacker.
  • Footprinting
    An attacker engages in probing and exploration activity to identify constituents and properties of the target. Footprinting is a general term to describe a variety of information gathering techniques, often used by attackers in preparation for some attack. It consists of using tools to learn as much as possible about the composition, configuration, and security mechanisms of the targeted application, system or network. Information that might be collected during a footprinting effort could include open ports, applications and their versions, network topology, and similar information. While footprinting is not intended to be damaging (although certain activities, such as network scans, can sometimes cause disruptions to vulnerable applications inadvertently) it may often pave the way for more damaging attacks.
  • Exploiting Trust in Client (aka Make the Client Invisible)
    An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities in client/server communication channel authentication and data integrity. It leverages the implicit trust a server places in the client, or more importantly, that which the server believes is the client. An attacker executes this type of attack by placing themselves in the communication channel between client and server such that communication directly to the server is possible where the server believes it is communicating only with a valid client. There are numerous variations of this type of attack.
  • Browser Fingerprinting
    An attacker carefully crafts small snippets of Java Script to efficiently detect the type of browser the potential victim is using. Many web-based attacks need prior knowledge of the web browser including the version of browser to ensure successful exploitation of a vulnerability. Having this knowledge allows an attacker to target the victim with attacks that specifically exploit known or zero day weaknesses in the type and version of the browser used by the victim. Automating this process via Java Script as a part of the same delivery system used to exploit the browser is considered more efficient as the attacker can supply a browser fingerprinting method and integrate it with exploit code, all contained in Java Script and in response to the same web page request by the browser.
  • Session Credential Falsification through Prediction
    This attack targets predictable session ID in order to gain privileges. The attacker can predict the session ID used during a transaction to perform spoofing and session hijacking.

Nessus

  • NASL familyPeer-To-Peer File Sharing
    NASL idITUNES_8_1_BANNER.NASL
    descriptionThe version of Apple iTunes on the remote host is prior to version 8.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - A remote attacker can cause a denial of service by sending a maliciously crafted DAAP message. Note that this vulnerability only affects iTunes running on a Windows host. (CVE-2009-0016) - When subscribing to a podcast, an authentication dialog may be presented to the user without clarifying the origin of the authentication request. An attacker could exploit this flaw in order to steal the user
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id35914
    published2009-03-13
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/35914
    titleApple iTunes < 8.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (uncredentialed check)
  • NASL familyMacOS X Local Security Checks
    NASL idMACOSX_ITUNES_8_1.NASL
    descriptionThe remote version of iTunes is affected by a remote information disclosure vulnerability. By tricking a user on the affected host into authenticating to a malicious podcast, an attacker could gain the user
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id35915
    published2009-03-13
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/35915
    titleiTunes < 8.1 Malicious Podcast Information Disclosure (Mac OS X)
  • NASL familyWindows
    NASL idITUNES_8_1.NASL
    descriptionThe version of Apple iTunes installed on the remote Windows host is older than 8.1. Such versions may be affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - It may be possible to cause a denial of service by sending a maliciously crafted DAAP header to the application. (CVE-2009-0016) - When subscribing to a podcast an authentication dialog may be presented without clarifying the origin of the authentication request. An attacker could exploit this flaw in order to steal the user
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id35913
    published2009-03-13
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/35913
    titleApple iTunes < 8.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (credentialed check)

Oval

accepted2015-06-22T04:00:45.793-04:00
classvulnerability
contributors
  • nameChandan S
    organizationSecPod Technologies
  • nameMike Lah
    organizationThe MITRE Corporation
  • nameScott Quint
    organizationQuintechssential
  • namePooja Shetty
    organizationSecPod Technologies
  • nameMaria Kedovskaya
    organizationALTX-SOFT
  • nameShane Shaffer
    organizationG2, Inc.
  • nameBernd Eggenmueller
    organizationbaramundi software
definition_extensions
commentApple iTunes is installed
ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:12353
descriptionApple iTunes before 8.1 does not properly inform the user about the origin of an authentication request, which makes it easier for remote podcast servers to trick a user into providing a username and password when subscribing to a crafted podcast.
familywindows
idoval:org.mitre.oval:def:5336
statusaccepted
submitted2009-03-17T10:31:31
titleApple iTunes Information Disclosure Vulnerability
version13

Seebug

bulletinFamilyexploit
descriptionBUGTRAQ ID: 34094 CVE(CAN) ID: CVE-2009-0016,CVE-2009-0143 Apple iTunes是一款媒体播放程序。 iTunes在处理数字音频访问协议(DAAP)消息时存在死循环,如果远程攻击者在发送的消息的DAAP头中包含了特制的Content-Length参数的话就会导致播放器崩溃。 iTunes的podcast功能中存在设计错误,订阅到恶意的podcast可能会向用户显示认证对话框,该对话框可诱骗用户向podcast服务器发送iTunes凭据。 Apple iTunes 8.0 厂商补丁: Apple ----- 目前厂商已经发布了升级补丁以修复这个安全问题,请到厂商的主页下载: <a href=http://www.apple.com target=_blank rel=external nofollow>http://www.apple.com</a>
idSSV:4914
last seen2017-11-19
modified2009-03-14
published2009-03-14
reporterRoot
titleApple iTunes信息泄露和拒绝服务漏洞