Apple Music Android Application - MITM SSL Certificate Vulnerability (CVE-2022-32906)

Overview

"Stream over 90 million songs, all ad-free."

(https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apple.android.music)

Issue

The Apple Music Android application (versions 3.8.0 - 3.10.2 were tested, versions 2.0.1 - 3.7.2 have not been tested), does not validate the SSL certificates it receives when connecting to the mobile application servers.

Impact

An attacker who can perform a man in the middle attack may present bogus SSL certificates which the application will accept silently. Sensitive information could be captured by an attacker without the user's knowledge.

Timeline

February 22, 2022 - Notified Apple via product-security@apple.com
February 22, 2022 - Apple sent an auto acknowledgment
February 23, 2022 - Apple responded stating that they are investigating
March 9, 2022 - Apple asked for additional information
March 10, 2022 - Provided additional information on how to reproduce the issue
October 4, 2022 - Apple published a security advisory

Solution

Upgrade to version 3.10.2 or later

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213473
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222

CVE-ID:
CVE-2022-32906

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