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CVE-2006-1447
LaunchServices in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.6 allows remote attackers to cause Safari to launch unsafe content via long file name extensions,…
Medium5.0EPSS 3.1%
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Description
LaunchServices in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.6 allows remote attackers to cause Safari to launch unsafe content via long file name extensions, which prevents Download Validation from determining which application will be used to open the file.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.1% · top 12% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- 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
- 1016081 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2006-05-11 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 25591 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20077 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- macos-launchservices-security-bypass(26416) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
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- 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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