CVE-2006-4396

The Apple Type Services (ATS) server in Mac OS X 10.4.8 and earlier does not securely create log files, which allows local users to create and modify arbitrary files via unspecified vectors, possibly relating to a symlink attack.

• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304829
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Nov/msg00001.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23155Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1017301
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/323424US Government Resource
• http://www.osvdb.org/30739
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21335
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-333A.htmlUS Government Resource
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4750
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304829
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Nov/msg00001.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23155Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1017301
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/323424US Government Resource
• http://www.osvdb.org/30739
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21335
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-333A.htmlUS Government Resource
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4750

Published

Nov 30, 2006

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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