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FKIE_CVE-2015-5920

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2015-09-18 12:00 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:30

Severity

Summary

The Software Update component in Apple iTunes before 12.3 does not properly handle redirection, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to discover encrypted SMB credentials via unspecified vectors.

References

URL	Tags
product-security@apple.com	http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00003.html	Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.com	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033617
product-security@apple.com	https://support.apple.com/HT205221	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00003.html	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033617
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://support.apple.com/HT205221	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	apple	itunes	*

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CVE-2015-5920 (GCVE-0-2015-5920)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-09-18 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 07:06

Summary

The Software Update component in Apple iTunes before 12.3 does not properly handle redirection, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to discover encrypted SMB credentials via unspecified vectors.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

apple mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://support.apple.com/HT205221	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033617	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Date Public

2015-09-16 00:00

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