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
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- apple/apple remote desktop · apple/mac os x
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
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, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.