CVE-2006-5836

Exp

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.

Published: 2006-11-10 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-5836 is rated High Exploit Risk (62.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.29%). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-5836

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
28948 exploit_db edb 2006-11-09 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5836

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-05-28 0.22% 0.29% +0.07%
2 2025-03-30 0.33% 0.22% -0.10%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.33% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5836

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-5836

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5836

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-5836: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5836

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5836

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
opendarwin darwin_kernel 8.8.1 cpe:2.3:o:opendarwin:darwin_kernel:8.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5836

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