PT-2006-6510 · Apple · Darwin Kernel

Ilja Van Sprundel · Published 2006-11-10 · Updated 2017-07-20 · CVE-2006-5836

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Darwin kernel (XNU) version 8.8.1

Description: The issue is related to the fpathconf syscall function in the Darwin kernel, which allows local users to cause a denial of service, potentially leading to a kernel panic, and possibly execute arbitrary code. This is achieved by utilizing a file descriptor with an unrecognized file type.

Recommendations: For Darwin kernel (XNU) version 8.8.1, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-5836

Affected Products

Darwin Kernel

References · 14

• 🔥 http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-09-11-2006.html · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/20982 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/28948 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5836 · Security Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30152 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24479 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/30216 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22808 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4448 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1017751 · Note