Automated update feature puts users at risk...
By Aled Herbert
Published: 9 July 2002 09:30 GMT
Apple has been warned that hackers can take advantage of a hole on the company's online software update service to piggyback malicious code on downloads.
A hacker has posted details on the BugTraq mailing list on how to exploit the vulnerability on any Mac running the OS X operating system.
SoftwareUpdate, Apple's software updating mechanism in OS X, checks for new updates from the company's website on a weekly basis.
The report claims the feature downloads updates and installs them without asking for authentication.
Apple has failed to provide a patch for the problem but said it is investigating the report.
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