CVE-2006-0395

Exp

The Download Validation in Mail in Mac OS X 10.4 does not properly recognize attachment file types to warn a user of an unsafe type, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted file types.

Published: 2006-08-04 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-0395 is rated High Exploit Risk (65/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 54.00%, 99th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-0395

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16870 exploit_db edb 2011-03-05 Exploit-DB ↗
9929 exploit_db edb 2006-03-01 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-0395

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 64.01% 54.00% -10.01%
2 2026-06-10 58.24% 64.01% +5.76%
3 2026-05-07 — 58.24% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-0395

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.1 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 4.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-0395

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-0395

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apple mac_os_x 10.4.5 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x_server 10.4.5 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-0395

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