Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.8 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.8. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2006-6062. Additionally, an exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.8 (Operating System). This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed UDTO HFS+ disk image, such as with "bad sectors," which triggers memory corruption.

The weakness was released 11/21/2006 (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.gov. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-6062 since 11/21/2006. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 24811 (Mac OS X < 10.4.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2007-003)), 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 c. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115527 (Apple Mac OS X 10.4.9 and Security Update 2007-003 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2007-03-13)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (30440), Exploit-DB (29144), Tenable (24811), SecurityFocus (BID 21236†) and OSVDB (30510†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-2060, VDB-2621, VDB-2709 and VDB-2824. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 24811
Nessus Name: Mac OS X < 10.4.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2007-003)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-6062 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-6062
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-33401
X-Force: 30440
SecurityFocus: 21236 - Apple Mac OS X UDTO Disk Image Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 23062
OSVDB: 30510 - Apple Mac OS X UDTO HFS+ Image Handling DoS
SecurityTracker: 1017260
Vupen: ADV-2006-4629

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

Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 04/28/2026 12:43
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (75), 03/26/2019 15:41 (3), 05/27/2025 08:29 (19), 04/28/2026 12:43 (1)
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