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CVE-2006-1446

Status: ModifiedMedium (5)—

Keychain in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.6 might allow an application to bypass a locked Keychain by first obtaining a reference to the Keychain when it is unlocked, then reusing that reference after the Keychain has been locked.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Apple — MAC OS X

CWEs

References

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