CVE-2006-1439 describes a vulnerability in NSSecureTextField within AppKit in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.6, where secure event input is not reliably re-enabled. This flaw could allow other applications in the same window session to monitor sensitive input characters and keyboard events. With a CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N), it indicates a low-severity local attack requiring low complexity, primarily impacting confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not a widely targeted or discussed vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.4.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.