CVE-2006-4396 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2006-11-30

Score: 4.6 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-4384	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00089.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304829
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Nov/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/23155
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017301
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/323424
http://www.osvdb.org/30739
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21335
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-333A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4750

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Apple Mac Os X

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-11-30T16:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T19:06:07.626Z

Reserved: 2006-08-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-4396

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-11-30T16:28:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2006-4396

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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