CVE-2006-1471: Apple Mac OS X

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Format string vulnerability in the CF_syslog function launchd in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 up to 10.4.6 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers that are not properly handled in a syslog call in the logging facility, as demonstrated by using a crafted plist file.

Affected products

• Apple Mac OS X: version 10.4 only; version 10.4.1 only; version 10.4.2 only; version 10.4.3 only; version 10.4.4 only; version 10.4.5 only; …
• Apple Mac OS X Server: version 10.4 only; version 10.4.1 only; version 10.4.2 only; version 10.4.3 only; version 10.4.4 only; version 10.4.5 only; …

Published 2006-06-27. Last modified 2026-09-23.