CVE-2006-4404

The Installer application in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 and earlier, when used by a user with Admin credentials, does not authenticate the user before installing certain software requiring system privileges.

CVSS v2.0 10.0 HIGH

10.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304829
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Nov/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/23155	Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017304
http://www.osvdb.org/30733
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21335
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-333A.html	US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4750

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2006-11-30 16:28

Updated : 2011-03-08 02:40

NVD link : CVE-2006-4404

Mitre link : CVE-2006-4404

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2006-4404

JSON object : View

Products Affected

apple

mac_os_x

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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