LOW
BOM in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.6 allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via an archive that contains symbolic links
Published May 12, 2006
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.37%
Description
BOM in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.6 allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via an archive that contains symbolic links.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
2.1 LOW NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.37% 0.00368
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00368
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.37% (0.00368) | 28.40th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.37% (0.00368) | 28.41th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.10% (0.00097) | 24.86th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.08% (0.00083) | 37.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 1, 2024 | 0.08% (0.00083) | 34.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.08% (0.00078) | 31.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 54.09th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 52.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 50.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 28.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (8)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/May/msg00003.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20077 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016082 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.osvdb.org/25584 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17951 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-132A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1779 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26405 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/May/msg00003.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEPatch | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/20077 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1016082 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/25584 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17951 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-132A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1779 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26405 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published May 12, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Mar 28, 2006
Link CVE-2006-1440
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a