Buffer overflow in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2006-6652
Buffer overflow in the glob implementation (glob.c) in libc in NetBSD-current before 20050914, NetBSD 2.* and 3.* before 20061203, and Apple Mac OS X before 2007-004, as used by the FTP daemon and tnftpd, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a long pathname that results from path expansion.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.200 (97.4th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.196 · newest: 0.200 · change: +0.005
Affected products
- Apple Mac OS X — versions 10.0, 10.0.1, 10.0.2
- NetBSD — versions 2.0, 2.1, 3.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/24966 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2006-027.txt.asc (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- securitytracker.com/id (Patch, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- docs.info.apple.com/article.html (Vendor Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30670 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.osvdb.org/31781 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.html (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/23178 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-December/051009.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)