HIGH
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
Published Nov 30, 2006
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.20%
Description
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.
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.
10.0 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.20% 0.02195
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02195
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 (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.20% (0.02195) | 81.84th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.11% (0.02111) | 79.33th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.52% (0.00524) | 64.98th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.99% (0.00990) | 84.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 26, 2024 | 0.99% (0.00990) | 81.92th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 11, 2023 | 0.93% (0.00932) | 81.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 4, 2023 | 1.03% (0.01032) | 82.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 27, 2023 | 1.05% (0.01054) | 82.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 20, 2023 | 1.10% (0.01097) | 82.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 4, 2023 | 1.14% (0.01143) | 82.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.01% (0.01015) | 81.42th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 61.76th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Oct 19, 2022 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 60.79th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 58.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 35.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (8)
- 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?1017304 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.osvdb.org/30733 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?1017304 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/30733 | 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-2006-4404
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a