CVE-2006-0398 Code injection in n/a

What is CVE-2006-0398?

CVE-2006-0398 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 14 Mar 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in Safari, LaunchServices, and/or CoreTypes in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 up to 10.4.5 allows attackers to trick a user into opening an application that appears to be a safe file type. NOTE: due to the lack of specific information in the vendor advisory, it is not clear how CVE-2006-0397, CVE-2006-0398, and CVE-2006-0399 are different.

Weakness: CWE-94

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-0398?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Apple Mac Os X, Apple Mac Os X Server.

How do I fix CVE-2006-0398?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-0398 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2006-0398 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-0398 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-73m4-w6c9-gpqf.