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CVE-2006-4392 Details

Description

The Mach kernel, as used in operating systems including (1) Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.7 and (2) OpenStep before 4.2, allows local users to gain privileges via a parent process that forces an exception in a setuid child and uses Mach exception ports to modify the child's thread context and task address space in a way that causes the child to call a parent-controlled function.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Sep/msg00002.html	CVE	Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/22187	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1663	CVE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016954	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29281	CVE
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/838404	CVE	US Government Resource
http://www.matasano.com/log/530/matasano-advisory-macos-x-mach-exception-server-privilege-escalation/	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/29269	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447396/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20271	CVE	Patch
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-275A.html	CVE	US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3852	CVE
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Sep/msg00002.html	[email protected]	Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/22187	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1663	[email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016954	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29281	[email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/838404	[email protected]	US Government Resource
http://www.matasano.com/log/530/matasano-advisory-macos-x-mach-exception-server-privilege-escalation/	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/29269	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447396/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20271	[email protected]	Patch
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-275A.html	[email protected]	US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3852	[email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
apple mac os x	10.4 10.4.1 10.4.2 10.4.3 10.4.4
CPE cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.7:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
next openstep	4.1
CPE cpe:2.3:o:next:openstep:4.1:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 17, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 20, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 3, 2006	Initial Analysis	[email protected]