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CVE-2006-4398

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-4398 describes multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities within the Apple Type Services (ATS) server in Mac OS X versions 10.4 through 10.4.8. This flaw allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system by sending specially crafted service requests. With a CVSS score of 7.2, it is considered high severity, indicating complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity and no authentication required. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
10.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.4.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.01%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
59.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0101 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 3,241 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, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 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

docs.info.apple.com / article.html
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2006/Nov/msg00001.html
secunia.com / advisories/23155
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/800296
US Government Resource
osvdb.org / 30738
securityfocus.com / bid/21335
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA06-333A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/4750