VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2006-5836
CVSS score7.2 HIGH
EPSS probability1.33%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2006-11-10
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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.
Primary references
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- cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Vendor Advisory
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- cve@mitre.org — Exploit
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- cve@mitre.org — US Government Resource
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