CVE-2006-1471 Code injection in n/a

What is CVE-2006-1471?

CVE-2006-1471 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 27 Jun 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Format string vulnerability in the CF_syslog function launchd in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 up to 10.4.6 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers that are not properly handled in a syslog call in the logging facility, as demonstrated by using a crafted plist file.

Weakness: CWE-134

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-1471?

It affects 2 products.

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

How do I fix CVE-2006-1471?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-1471 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-2006-1471 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-1471 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-7mgq-m2r4-6fc4.