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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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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.