National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-4402
Original release date:11/30/2006
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Heap-based buffer overflow in the Finder in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by browsing directories containing crafted .DS_Store files.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
4.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: High
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides user account access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA06-333A
Name: TA06-333A
US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#258744
Name: VU#258744
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2006-4750
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 23155
Type: Advisory
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2006-11-28
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304829
External Source: XF
Name: macos-finder-dsstore-bo(30617)
External Source: BID
Name: 21335
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 30735
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1017304
