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CVE-2006-4387

Status: ModifiedMedium (4.6)—

Apple Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.7, when the administrator clears the "Allow user to administer this computer" checkbox in System Preferences for a user, does not remove the user's account from the appserveradm or appserverusr groups, which still allows the user to manage WebObjects applications.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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Affected technologies (1)

Apple — MAC OS X

CWEs

References

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