CVE-2006-4396 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2006-4396?

CVE-2006-4396 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 30 Nov 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Apple Type Services (ATS) server in Mac OS X 10.4.8 and earlier does not securely create log files, which allows local users to create and modify arbitrary files via unspecified vectors, possibly relating to a symlink attack.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-4396?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Mac Os X.

How do I fix CVE-2006-4396?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-4396 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-2006-4396 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-4396 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-9523-pfxh-m6pp.