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CVE-2006-4887
Apple Remote Desktop (ARD) for Mac OS X 10.2.8 and later does not drop privileges on the remote machine while installing certain…
High7.2EPSS 0.42%
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- mitre
Description
Apple Remote Desktop (ARD) for Mac OS X 10.2.8 and later does not drop privileges on the remote machine while installing certain applications, which allows local users to bypass authentication and gain privileges by selecting the icon during installation. NOTE: it could be argued that the issue is not in Remote Desktop itself, but in applications that are installed while using it.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.42% · top 63% 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: High 7.2.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- 20092 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20060918 Apple Remote Desktop root vulneravility (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20060920 Re: Apple Remote Desktop root vulneravility (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20060926 Re: Re: Apple Remote Desktop root vulneravility (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- apple-remote-desktop-gain-privileges(29060) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 32260 (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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