CVE-2006-6173
7.2 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
7.5 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
15.7%
Buffer overflow in the shared_region_make_private_np function in vm/vm_unix.c in Mac OS X 10.4.6 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via (1) a small range count, which causes insufficient memory allocation, or (2) a large number of ranges in the shared_region_make_private_np_args parameter.
Affected configurations
References
docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html
projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-28-11-2006.html
secunia.com/advisories/23120
secunia.com/advisories/24479
securitytracker.com/id?1017306
www.securityfocus.com/bid/21349
www.securitytracker.com/id?1017751
www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4762
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30569
Related
7.2 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
7.5 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
15.7%