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CVE-2006-4396 Details

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.

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://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304829	CVE
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Nov/msg00001.html	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/23155	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017301	CVE
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/323424	CVE	US Government Resource
http://www.osvdb.org/30739	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21335	CVE
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-333A.html	CVE	US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4750	CVE
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304829	[email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Nov/msg00001.html	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/23155	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017301	[email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/323424	[email protected]	US Government Resource
http://www.osvdb.org/30739	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21335	[email protected]
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-333A.html	[email protected]	US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4750	[email protected]

see all 18 references

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	<= 10.4.8
CPE cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 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]
Nov 30, 2006	Initial Analysis	[email protected]