CVE-2011-3224 Code injection in n/a

What is CVE-2011-3224?

CVE-2011-3224 is a low-severity code injection vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 14 Oct 2011. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-3224?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Apple Mac Os X, Apple Mac Os X Server.

How do I fix CVE-2011-3224?

No fix has been published for CVE-2011-3224 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2011-3224 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-3224 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-r83g-q654-9mvf.