Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2006-1440
BOM in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.6 allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via an archive that contains symbolic links.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (28.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 28.3% 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 10.3.9, 10.4.6
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/17951 (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1779 (vdb-entry)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-132A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26405 (vdb-entry)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/May/msg00003.html (vendor-advisory, Patch)
- www.osvdb.org/25584 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/20077 (third-party-advisory)