Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2006-4396
The Apple Type Services (ATS) server in Mac OS X 10.4.8 and earlier does not securely create log files, which allows local users to create and modify arbitrary files via unspecified vectors, possibly relating to a symlink attack.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.009 (58.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 58.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000
Affected products
References
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4750 (vdb-entry)
- docs.info.apple.com/article.html
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/21335 (vdb-entry)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/323424 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.osvdb.org/30739 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/23155 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Nov/msg00001.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-333A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)