VDB-34211 · CVE-2006-6906 · OSVDB 36836

Apple Mac OS X 10.4.7 Local Privilege Escalation

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.7 (Operating System). This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in the Bluetooth stack on Mac OS 10.4.7 and earlier has unknown impact and local attack vectors, related to "Mach Exception Handling", a different issue than CVE-2006-6900.

The weakness was released 12/31/2006 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-6906 since 01/08/2007. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/26/2017).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 34213, 34212, 34210 and 34209.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Timelineinfo

12/31/2006 🔍
12/31/2006 +0 days 🔍
01/08/2007 +8 days 🔍
06/26/2007 +169 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +2815 days 🔍
09/26/2017 +929 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-6906 (🔍)
OSVDB: 36836 - Mac OS Bluetooth Mach Exception Handling Unspecified Issue

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 09/26/2017 10:53
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (49), 09/26/2017 10:53 (1)
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