CVE-2006-0397

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-03-14 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Safari, LaunchServices, and/or CoreTypes in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 up to 10.4.5 allows attackers to trick a user into opening an application that appears to be a safe file type. NOTE: due to the lack of specific information in the vendor advisory, it is not clear how CVE-2006-0397, CVE-2006-0398, and CVE-2006-0399 are different.

Affected products

macOS: 10.4, 10.4.1, 10.4.2, 10.4.3, 10.4.4, 10.4.5
Apple Mac Os X Server: 10.4, 10.4.1, 10.4.2, 10.4.3, 10.4.4, 10.4.5

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303453
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Mar/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/19129
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015760
http://www.osvdb.org/23869
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0949
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25269
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303453
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Mar/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/19129
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015760
http://www.osvdb.org/23869

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