CVE-2006-5836 | HackTesting

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

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30152

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20982

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html

http://www.osvdb.org/30216

http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-09-11-2006.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017751

http://secunia.com/advisories/22808

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4448

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930

http://secunia.com/advisories/24479