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CVE-2006-4396 (GCVE-0-2006-4396)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-11-30 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 19:06
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304829 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21335 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/323424 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
http://www.osvdb.org/30739 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://secunia.com/advisories/23155 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
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http://securitytracker.com/id?1017301 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Date Public
2006-11-28 00:00
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