Vulnerability in Opendarwin Darwin Kernel
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 · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.013 (69.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 69th percentile — 69.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Opendarwin Darwin Kernel — versions 8.8.1
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30152 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/20982 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.osvdb.org/30216 (vdb-entry)
- projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-09-11-2006.html (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html (vendor-advisory)
- docs.info.apple.com/article.html
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/22808 (third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4448 (vdb-entry)