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CVE-2006-1442

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-1442 describes a vulnerability in the bundle API of CoreFoundation in Apple Mac OS X versions 10.3.9 and 10.4.6. This flaw allows the system to load dynamic libraries from untrusted bundles even without explicit client application requests, enabling attackers to execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity. It is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no authentication required, potentially leading to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, suggesting a lack of widespread attention.

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

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.06%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0307 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 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/26407
osvdb.org / 25586
securityfocus.com / bid/17951
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA06-132A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/1779