CVE-2006-4404

N/A Unknown

Published: November 30, 2006 Modified: April 23, 2026

Description

The Installer application in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 and earlier, when used by a user with Admin credentials, does not authenticate the user before installing certain software requiring system privileges.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304829

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Nov/msg00001.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/23155

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://securitytracker.com/id?1017304

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.osvdb.org/30733

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21335

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-333A.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

US Government Resource

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4750

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304829