CVE-2006-5836
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 1.3%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 1.3% (71th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-5820)
- Published
- November 10, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-5820 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- opendarwin / darwin kernel
References
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html
- http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-09-11-2006.html(Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22808
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24479
- http://www.osvdb.org/30216
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20982(Exploit)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017751
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4448
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30152
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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