01 Record
CVE-2006-4392
The Mach kernel, as used in operating systems including (1) Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.7 and (2) OpenStep before 4.2, allows local users to gain privileges via a parent process that forces an
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The Mach kernel, as used in operating systems including (1) Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.7 and (2) OpenStep before 4.2, allows local users to gain privileges via a parent process that forces an
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
- 1.58% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 75.2% 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 2026-06-16.
- 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
- 2006-10-02 20:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 19:06Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-08-28
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 249280e5397ac51b4d8b0b03e013c9b52a6657b4c9a612960aadfa0974fa47da
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com20271http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20271
- securitytracker.com1016954http://securitytracker.com/id?1016954
- secunia.com22187http://secunia.com/advisories/22187
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-3852http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3852
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2006-09-29http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Sep/msg00002.html
- www.securityfocus.com20060929 Matasano Advisory: MacOS X Mach Exception Server Privilege Escalationhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447396/100/0/threaded
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#838404http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/838404
- www.osvdb.org29269http://www.osvdb.org/29269
- www.us-cert.govTA06-275Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-275A.html
- securityreason.com1663http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1663
- www.matasano.comhttp://www.matasano.com/log/530/matasano-advisory-macos-x-mach-exception-server-privilege-escalation/
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.commacos-kernel-code-execution(29281)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29281