01 Record
CVE-2006-1471
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 34.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-09-23.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2006-06-27 22:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 17:12Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-03-28
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-134Use of Externally-Controlled Format StringBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 675af749da2e7fb81acc59546fedb605a1d1b54599d44bb6dc1339d00ae70373
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2006-06-27http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Jun/msg00000.html
- securitytracker.com1016397http://securitytracker.com/id?1016397
- www.securityfocus.com18686http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18686
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.commacosx-launchd-format-string(27479)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27479
- www.securityfocus.com20060629 DMA[2006-0628a] - 'Apple OSX launchd unformatted syslog() vulnerability'http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438699/100/0/threaded
- www.osvdb.org26933http://www.osvdb.org/26933
- secunia.com20877http://secunia.com/advisories/20877
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-2566http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2566
- www.securityfocus.com18724http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18724