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CVE-2006-1440

11
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-1440 describes a vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X versions 10.3.9 and 10.4.6, where a Byte Order Mark (BOM) within an archive containing symbolic links could allow an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files. This local vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a low attack complexity and impact limited to partial integrity compromise. 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 threat.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
10.3.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.4.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
29.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0037 is in the 38th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2006/May/msg00003.html
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/20077
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/26405
osvdb.org / 25584
securityfocus.com / bid/17951
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA06-132A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/1779