CVE-2006-4887
Apple Remote Desktop (ARD) for Mac OS X 10.2.8 and later does not drop privileges on the remote machine while installing certain applications, which allows local users to bypass authentication and gain privileges by selecting the icon during installation.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.42%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Apple Remote Desktop (ARD) for Mac OS X 10.2.8 and later does not drop privileges on the remote machine while installing certain applications, which allows local users to bypass authentication and gain privileges by selecting the icon during installation. NOTE: it could be argued that the issue is not in Remote Desktop itself, but in applications that are installed while using it.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.42% probability · 36th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- apple/apple remote desktop · apple/mac os x
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.osvdb.org/32260
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446371/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446751/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447043/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20092
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29060
- http://www.osvdb.org/32260
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446371/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446751/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447043/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20092
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29060
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.