Overview
The Apple Mac OS X Apple Type Services server insecurely creates error log files, which may allow a local attacker to overwrite or create files with system privileges.
Description
Apple Mac OS X Apple Type Services server fails to securely create error log files. A local attacker may be able to overwrite or create files with system privileges. |
Impact
This vulnerability may allow a local attacker to overwrite or create files with system privileges. |
Solution
Apply Apple updates Apple has addressed this issue with Apple Security Update 2006-007. |
Vendor Information
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CVSS Metrics
| Group | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|
| Base | ||
| Temporal | ||
| Environmental |
References
Acknowledgements
This vulnerability was reported in Apple Security Update 2006-007.
This document was written by Katie Steiner.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2006-4396 |
| Severity Metric: | 3.51 |
| Date Public: | 2006-11-28 |
| Date First Published: | 2006-11-30 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2006-12-20 15:37 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 14 |