CVE-2006-6173

Public exploit code

Working exploit or proof of concept code has been published for this vulnerability. Treat unpatched systems as at risk.

• Apple Mac OSX 10.4.x - 'Shared_Region_Make_Private_Np' Kernel Function Local Memory Corruption2006-11-29 · local · osx · Verified

Impact

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 products

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• 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
• 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