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CVE-2006-5836

The fpathconf syscall function in bsd/kern/kern_descrip.c in the Darwin kernel (XNU) 8.8.1 in Apple Mac OS X allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a file descriptor with an unrecognized file type.

Published

2006-11-10T01:07:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.2 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	opendarwin	darwin_kernel	8.8.1	Yes

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214 ([email protected])
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html ([email protected])
http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-09-11-2006.html Exploit, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/22808 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/24479 ([email protected])
http://www.osvdb.org/30216 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20982 Exploit ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017751 ([email protected])
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4448 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30152 ([email protected])
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-09-11-2006.html Exploit, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22808 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/24479 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.osvdb.org/30216 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20982 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017751 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4448 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30152 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)