Information disclosure in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2006-1439
NSSecureTextField in AppKit in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.6 does not re-enable secure event input under certain circumstances, which could allow other applications in the window session to monitor input characters and keyboard events.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (33.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 33rd percentile — 33.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Mac OS X — versions 10.4.6
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/17951 (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1779 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-132A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26404 (vdb-entry)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/May/msg00003.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/20077 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.osvdb.org/25583 (vdb-entry)