CVE-2006-1451 Auth bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2006-1451?

CVE-2006-1451 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 12 May 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

MySQL Manager in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.6, when setting up a new MySQL database server, does not use the "New MySQL root password" that is provided, which causes the MySQL root password to be blank and allows local users to gain full privileges to that database.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-1451?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Mac Os X.

How do I fix CVE-2006-1451?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-1451 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2006-1451 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-1451 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-v45q-492w-4369.