Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2006-0396
Buffer overflow in Mail in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 up to 10.4.5, when patched with Security Update 2006-001, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long Real Name value in an e-mail attachment sent in AppleDouble format, which triggers the overflow when the user double-clicks on an attachment.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.1 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.111 (95.8th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 95.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.111 · newest: 0.111 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Mac OS X — versions 10.4, 10.4.1, 10.4.2
- Apple Mac OS X Server — versions 10.4, 10.4.1, 10.4.2
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/17081 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry)
- www.osvdb.org/23872 (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0949 (vdb-entry)
- securitytracker.com/id (Patch, vdb-entry)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/980084 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25209 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/19129 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.digitalmunition.com/DMA[2006-0313a].txt (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Mar/msg00001.html (vendor-advisory)
- docs.info.apple.com/article.html