PT-2006-5206 · Apple · Macos X

Jeff Gennari · Published 2006-11-30 · Updated 2017-07-20 · CVE-2006-4402

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple Mac OS X versions 10.4.8 and earlier

Description A heap-based buffer overflow issue exists in the Finder component, allowing user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. This can be achieved by browsing directories that contain crafted .DS Store files.

Recommendations For Apple Mac OS X versions 10.4.8 and earlier, update to a version later than 10.4.8 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-4402

Affected Products

Macos X

References · 11

• http://secunia.com/advisories/23155 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-4402 · Security Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Nov/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://osvdb.org/30735 · Note
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304829 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30617 · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/258744 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-333A.html · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1017304 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4750 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/21335 · Note