Vulnerabilities > CVE-2006-6173 - Local Memory Corruption vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X Shared_Region_Make_Private_Np Kernel Function
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE Integrity impact
COMPLETE Availability impact
COMPLETE Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
Exploit-Db
description | Apple Mac OS X 10.4.x Shared_Region_Make_Private_Np Kernel Function Local Memory Corruption Vulnerability. CVE-2006-6173. Local exploit for osx platform |
id | EDB-ID:29201 |
last seen | 2016-02-03 |
modified | 2006-11-29 |
published | 2006-11-29 |
reporter | LMH |
source | https://www.exploit-db.com/download/29201/ |
title | Apple Mac OS X 10.4.x - Shared_Region_Make_Private_Np Kernel Function Local Memory Corruption Vulnerability |
Nessus
NASL family | MacOS X Local Security Checks |
NASL id | MACOSX_10_4_9.NASL |
description | The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.4 which is older than version 10.4.9 or a version of Mac OS X 10.3 which does not have Security Update 2007-003 applied. This update contains several security fixes for the following programs : - ColorSync - CoreGraphics - Crash Reporter - CUPS - Disk Images - DS Plugins - Flash Player - GNU Tar - HFS - HID Family - ImageIO - Kernel - MySQL server - Networking - OpenSSH - Printing - QuickDraw Manager - servermgrd - SMB File Server - Software Update - sudo - WebLog |
last seen | 2020-06-01 |
modified | 2020-06-02 |
plugin id | 24811 |
published | 2007-03-13 |
reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. |
source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/24811 |
title | Mac OS X < 10.4.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2007-003) |
code |
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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-28-11-2006.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23120
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24479
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017306
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21349
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017751
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4762
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30569