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CVE-2006-4396
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…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.90%
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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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.90% · top 40% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- ADV-2006-4750 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304829 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 21335 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- VU#323424 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 30739 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 23155 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2006-11-28 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- TA06-333A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 1017301 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_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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