Apple Mac OS X 10.4.6 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.6. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-1444. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.6 (Operating System). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

CoreGraphics in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.6, when "Enable access for assistive devices" is on, allows an application to bypass restrictions for secure event input and read certain events from other applications in the same window session by using Quartz Event Services.

The bug was discovered 05/11/2006. The weakness was published 05/12/2006 by Damien Bobillot (McAfee) with McAfee AVERT Labs (Website). The advisory is available at docs.info.apple.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-1444 since 03/28/2006. The exploitability is told to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21341 (Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2006-003)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115357 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2006-003 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2006-05-11)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (26409), Tenable (21341), SecurityFocus (BID 17951†), OSVDB (25588†) and Secunia (SA20077†). Similar entries are available at VDB-26531, VDB-30221, VDB-30220 and VDB-30219. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 21341
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2006-003)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: docs.info.apple.com⛔
Researcher: Damien Bobillot (McAfee)
Organization: McAfee AVERT Labs
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-1444 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-1444
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-30210
X-Force: 26409
SecurityFocus: 17951 - Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2006-003 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 20077 - Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 25588 - Apple Mac OS X CoreGraphics Quartz Event Services Event Interception
SecurityTracker: 1016079
Vulnerability Center: 11410 - Mac OS X 10.4.6 CoreGraphics Disclosure of Input Characters to Applications in the Window Session, Low
Vupen: ADV-2006-1779

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 06/17/2019 18:09
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (73), 06/17/2019 18:09 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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