CVE-2006-5681

Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-12-20 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

QuickTime for Java on Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.8, when used with Quartz Composer, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (screen images) via a Java applet that accesses images that are being rendered by other embedded QuickTime objects.

Affected products

macOS: 10.4, 10.4.1, 10.4.2, 10.4.3, 10.4.4, 10.4.5 (+3)
Apple Mac Os X Server: 10.4, 10.4.1, 10.4.2, 10.4.3, 10.4.4, 10.4.5 (+3)

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304916
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2006/Dec/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/23438
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017402
http://www.osvdb.org/32380
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21672
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5072
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304916
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2006/Dec/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/23438
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017402
http://www.osvdb.org/32380

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