apple Mac OS X up to 10.4 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in apple Mac OS X up to 10.4. It has been rated as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-5681. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in apple Mac OS X up to 10.4 (Operating System). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

QuickTime for Java on Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.8, when used with Quartz Composer, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (screen images) via a Java applet that accesses images that are being rendered by other embedded QuickTime objects.

The bug was discovered 12/18/2006. The weakness was shared 12/19/2006 by Geoff Beier (Website). The advisory is shared at lists.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-5681 since 11/03/2006. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 23926 (Mac OS X Security Update 2006-008), 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 115481 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2006-008 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2006-12-19)).

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (30978), Tenable (23926), SecurityFocus (BID 21672†), OSVDB (32380†) and Secunia (SA23438†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 23926
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Security Update 2006-008
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: lists.apple.com
Researcher: Geoff Beier
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-5681 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-5681
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-33929
X-Force: 30978
SecurityFocus: 21672 - Apple Mac OS X Quicktime For Java Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 23438
OSVDB: 32380 - Apple Mac OS X Quicktime/Quartz Composer Information Disclosure
SecurityTracker: 1017402
Vulnerability Center: 13555 - QuickTime for Java on Mac OS X with Quartz Composer Remote Sensitive Information Disclosure, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-5072

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 06/15/2025 19:22
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (68), 07/12/2019 15:01 (9), 06/15/2025 19:22 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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