MEDIUM
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
Published Nov 30, 2006
4.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.90%
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.
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.
4.6 MEDIUM NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.90% 0.00898
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00898
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 | 0.90% (0.00898) | 58.18th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.86% (0.00863) | 53.69th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.08% (0.00085) | 22.40th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.09% (0.00086) | 38.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 24, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00064) | 26.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (9)
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304829 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Nov/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23155 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017301 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/323424 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/30739 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21335 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-333A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4750 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304829 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Nov/msg00001.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/23155 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1017301 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/323424 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/30739 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21335 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-333A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4750 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 30, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Aug 28, 2006
Link CVE-2006-4396
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a