CVE-2006-4887 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Apple Remote Desktop (ARD) for Mac OS X 10.2.8 and later. It allows local users to bypass authentication and gain elevated privileges by interacting with an application's icon during installation via ARD, as the system fails to drop privileges appropriately. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C), this vulnerability is considered high severity, indicating a low attack complexity and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion, suggesting a low current threat level.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apple:apple_remote_desktop:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apple:apple_remote_desktop:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apple:apple_remote_desktop:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 10.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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