PT-2006-6763 · Apple · Macos X Kernel

Published 2006-11-27 · Updated 2017-07-29 · CVE-2006-6127

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple Mac OS X kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service. This is achieved through a process that utilizes kevent to register a queue and an event, then forks a child process that uses kevent to register an event for the same queue as the parent.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-6127

Affected Products

Macos X Kernel

References · 13

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/21285 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-24-11-2006.html · Exploit
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6127 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/26444 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27643 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/30695 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3868 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23114 · Note
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-319A.html · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30544 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4715 · Note