CVE-2006-4392
N/A
Published: October 2, 2006 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:29 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsmacOSOpenstep
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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 exception in a setuid child and uses Mach exception ports to modify the child's thread context and task address space in a way that causes the child to call a parent-controlled function.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (12)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLEPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Sep/msg00002.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/22187Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
Source: [email protected]
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1663Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/838404x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.matasano.com/log/530/matasano-advisory-macos-x-mach-exception-server-privilege-escalation/Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447396/100/0/threadedQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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