Vulnerability CVE-2006-5836
Published: 2006-11-09   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
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.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Opendarwin -> Darwin kernel 

 References:
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4448
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20982
http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-09-11-2006.html
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/30152
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017751
http://www.osvdb.org/30216
http://secunia.com/advisories/24479
http://secunia.com/advisories/22808
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214
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