CVE-2010-4013

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-01-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-134

Description

Format string vulnerability in PackageKit in Apple Mac OS X 10.6.x before 10.6.6 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via vectors related to interaction between Software Update and distribution scripts.

Affected products

macOS: 10.6.0, 10.6.1, 10.6.2, 10.6.3, 10.6.4, 10.6.5
Apple Mac Os X Server: 10.6.0, 10.6.1, 10.6.2, 10.6.3, 10.6.4, 10.6.5

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jan/msg00000.html
http://osvdb.org/70309
http://secunia.com/advisories/42841
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4498
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024938
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0050
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jan/msg00000.html
http://osvdb.org/70309
http://secunia.com/advisories/42841
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4498
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024938
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0050

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