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CVE-2006-1439
NSSecureTextField in AppKit in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.6 does not re-enable secure event input under certain circumstances, which could allow…
Low2.1EPSS 0.41%
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- mitre
Description
NSSecureTextField in AppKit in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.6 does not re-enable secure event input under certain circumstances, which could allow other applications in the window session to monitor input characters and keyboard events.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.41% · top 64% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- 17951 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1779 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- TA06-132A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- macos-appkit-nssecuretext-weak-security(26404) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2006-05-11 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 20077 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 25583 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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