CVE-2006-6062

Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 - Denial of Service via Malformed UDTO HFS+ Disk Image

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 2 public exploits for CVE-2006-6062. PoCs published by LMH.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The provided text describes a remote denial-of-service vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X when handling specially crafted UDTO disk image files. It references a binary exploit (29161.dmg.bz2) but does not contain executable code.

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed UDTO HFS+ disk image, such as with "bad sectors," which triggers memory corruption.

Exploits (2)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by LMH · textdososx
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/29161

The provided text describes a remote denial-of-service vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X when handling specially crafted UDTO disk image files. It references a binary exploit (29161.dmg.bz2) but does not contain executable code.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8
No auth needed
Prerequisites: A specially crafted UDTO disk image file
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →
exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by LMH · textdososx
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/29144

This is a writeup describing a remote denial-of-service vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X when handling specially crafted UDIF disk image files. The vulnerability affects Mac OS X version 10.4.8 and potentially other versions, but it cannot be exploited for arbitrary code execution.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8
No auth needed
Prerequisites: A specially crafted UDIF disk image file
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (17)

Core 17
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21236
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/30510
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30463
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214
Exploit, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-21-11-2006.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017751
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/23012
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4629
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/23062
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017260
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4653
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21201
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30440
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/24479

Scores

EPSS 0.0527
EPSS Percentile 91.5%

Details

Status published
Products (2)
apple/mac_os_x 10.4.8
apple/mac_os_x_server 10.4.8
Published Nov 22, 2006
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026