CVE-2006-1442 Code injection in n/a

What is CVE-2006-1442?

CVE-2006-1442 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 12 May 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

The bundle API in CoreFoundation in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.6 loads dynamic libraries even if the client application has not directly requested it, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code from an untrusted bundle.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-1442?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Mac Os X.

How do I fix CVE-2006-1442?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-1442 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-2006-1442 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-1442 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-25w6-w4pw-wf47.