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CVE-2006-1440

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2006-05-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

BOM in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.6 allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via an archive that contains symbolic links.

Affected products

• macOS: 10.3.9, 10.4.6

References

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/May/msg00003.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20077
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1016082
• http://www.osvdb.org/25584
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17951
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-132A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1779
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26405
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/May/msg00003.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20077
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1016082
• http://www.osvdb.org/25584

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