Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2006-6061
com.apple.AppleDiskImageController in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed DMG image that triggers memory corruption. NOTE: the severity of this issue has been disputed by a third party, who states that the impact is limited to a denial of service (kernel panic) due to a vm_fault call with a non-aligned address.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.097 (95.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 95.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.097 · newest: 0.097 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Mac OS X — versions 10.4.8
- Apple Mac OS X Server — versions 10.4.8
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- alastairs-place.net/2006/11/dmg-vulnerability/
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html (vendor-advisory)
- docs.info.apple.com/article.html
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/23012 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.matasano.com/log/633/alastair-houghton-debunks-lmh-mokb-finding/
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4629 (vdb-entry)
- www.osvdb.org/30509 (vdb-entry)
- projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-20-11-2006.html (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2006-6061?
- CVE-2006-6061 is a vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X. Published 2006-11-22.
- Is CVE-2006-6061 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.