PT-2013-6116 · Apple · Macos X

Maksymilian Arciemowicz · Published 2013-11-16 · Updated 2013-11-20 · CVE-2013-6799

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.7

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple Mac OS X version 10.9

Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in memory corruption or panic, by creating a hard link to a directory. This problem exists due to an incomplete fix for a previous issue.

Recommendations For Apple Mac OS X version 10.9, consider restricting the ability to create hard links to directories to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Exploit

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-6799

Affected Products

Macos X

References · 5

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/32754 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2013110059 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-11/0033.html · Exploit
• 🔥 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-11/0051.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6799 · Security Note