CVE-2002-0676: Apple Mac OS X

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 4.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

SoftwareUpdate for MacOS 10.1.x does not use authentication when downloading a software update, which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by posing as the Apple update server via techniques such as DNS spoofing or cache poisoning, and supplying Trojan Horse updates.

Affected products

• Apple Mac OS X: version 10.1 only; version 10.1.1 only; version 10.1.2 only; version 10.1.3 only; version 10.1.4 only; version 10.1.5 only

Published 2002-07-11. Last modified 2026-06-16.