CVE-2006-4397

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-10-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unchecked error condition in LoginWindow in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.7 prevents Kerberos tickets from being destroyed if a user does not successfully log on to a network account from the login window, which might allow later users to gain access to the original user's Kerberos tickets.

Affected products

macOS: 10.4, 10.4.1, 10.4.2, 10.4.3, 10.4.4, 10.4.5 (+2)

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Sep/msg00002.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/22187
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016959
http://www.osvdb.org/29270
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20271
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3852
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Sep/msg00002.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/22187
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016959
http://www.osvdb.org/29270
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20271
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3852

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