CVE-2006-0391 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2006-0391?

CVE-2006-0391 is a low-severity path traversal vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 3 Mar 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the BOM framework in Mac OS X 10.x before 10.3.9 and 10.4 before 10.4.5 allows user-assisted attackers to overwrite or create arbitrary files via an archive that is handled by BOMArchiveHelper.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-0391?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Mac Os X.

How do I fix CVE-2006-0391?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-0391 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2006-0391 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-0391 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-8rvr-486v-q4j4.