CVE-2006-1451: Apple Mac OS X

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

MySQL Manager in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.6, when setting up a new MySQL database server, does not use the "New MySQL root password" that is provided, which causes the MySQL root password to be blank and allows local users to gain full privileges to that database.

Affected products

• Apple Mac OS X: version 10.3.9 only; version 10.4.6 only

Published 2006-05-12. Last modified 2026-06-16.