Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2006-4399
User interface inconsistency in Workgroup Manager in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.7 appears to allow administrators to change the authentication type from crypt to ShadowHash passwords for accounts in a NetInfo parent, when such an operation is not actually supported, which could result in less secure password management than intended.
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: 0.010 (60.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 61st percentile — 60.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Mac OS X — versions 10.4, 10.4.1, 10.4.2
References
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/847468 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.osvdb.org/29276 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/20271 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29302 (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)
- securitytracker.com/id (Patch, vdb-entry)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-275A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)