CVE-2011-3224: Apple Mac OS X

Low severity, CVSS 2.6. EPSS: 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The User Documentation component in Apple Mac OS X through 10.6.8 uses http sessions for updates to App Store help information, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code by spoofing the http server.

Affected products

• Apple Mac OS X: up to and including 10.6.8; version 10.0 only; version 10.0.0 only; version 10.0.1 only; version 10.0.2 only; version 10.0.3 only; …
• Apple Mac OS X Server: up to and including 10.6.8; version 10.0 only; version 10.0.0 only; version 10.0.1 only; version 10.0.2 only; version 10.0.3 only; …

Published 2011-10-14. Last modified 2026-06-16.