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Fencer Vulns
high 7.2

CVE-2006-5836 json

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…

published 2006-11-10 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-5820

cvss
7.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.3%
EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 71%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

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.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-28948)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

1.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-28948 Apple Mac OSX 10.x - FPathConf System Call Local Denial of Service dos, 2006-11-09
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20982 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • projects.info-pull.com http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-09-11-2006.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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