fkie_cve-2006-5836
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2006-11-10 01:07
Modified
2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-09-11-2006.htmlExploit, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/22808
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/24479
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.osvdb.org/30216
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20982Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017751
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.htmlUS Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4448
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30152
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-09-11-2006.htmlExploit, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/22808
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/24479
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.osvdb.org/30216
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20982Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017751
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.htmlUS Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4448
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30152
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
opendarwin darwin_kernel 8.8.1



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  "lastModified": "2025-04-09T00:30:58.490",
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