Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2006-4392
The Mach kernel, as used in operating systems including (1) Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.7 and (2) OpenStep before 4.2, allows local users to gain privileges via a parent process that forces an exception in a setuid child and uses Mach exception ports to modify the child's thread context and task address space in a way that causes the child to call a parent-controlled function.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.016 (74.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 74.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Mac OS X — versions 10.4, 10.4.1, 10.4.2
- Next Openstep — versions 4.1
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/20271 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/22187 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3852 (vdb-entry)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Sep/msg00002.html (vendor-advisory, Patch)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447396/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/838404 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.osvdb.org/29269 (vdb-entry)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-275A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/1663 (third-party-advisory)