$ cve CVE-2006-4392 JSON

CVE-2006-4392 EXPLOIT

7.2

HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 1.6% (pctl 75)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

The Mach kernel, as used in operating systems including (1) Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.7 and (2) OpenStep before 4.2, allows local users to gain privileges via a parent process that forces an exception in a setuid child and uses Mach exception ports to modify the child's thread context and task address space in a way that causes the child to call a parent-controlled function.

Scoring

CVSS	7.2 (HIGH, v2.0)
Vector	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS	1.58% — more likely to be exploited than 75% of all CVEs
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	yes
Published	2006-10-03
Last modified	2026-06-16

Affected (2)

Vendor	Product
apple	mac os x
next	openstep

Public exploits

Source	Title	Date
exploit-db	Apple Mac OSX 10.4.7 - Mach Exception Handling Privilege Escalation	2006-09-30
exploit-db	Apple Mac OSX 10.4.7 - Mach Exception Handling Local (10.3.x)	2006-09-30

References

→ the Explorer · watch your stack · NVD