CVE - CVE-2006-4392

CVE-ID
CVE-2006-4392	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The Mach kernel, as used in operating systems including (1) Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.7 and (2) OpenStep before 4.2, allows local users to gain privileges via a parent process that forces an exception in a setuid child and uses Mach exception ports to modify the child's thread context and task address space in a way that causes the child to call a parent-controlled function.
References
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APPLE:APPLE-SA-2006-09-29 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Sep/msg00002.html BID:20271 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20271 BUGTRAQ:20060929 Matasano Advisory: MacOS X Mach Exception Server Privilege Escalation URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447396/100/0/threaded CERT:TA06-275A URL:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-275A.html CERT-VN:VU#838404 URL:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/838404 MISC:http://www.matasano.com/log/530/matasano-advisory-macos-x-mach-exception-server-privilege-escalation/ OSVDB:29269 URL:~~http://www.osvdb.org/29269~~ (Obsolete source) SECTRACK:1016954 URL:http://securitytracker.com/id?1016954 SECUNIA:22187 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/22187 SREASON:1663 URL:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1663 VUPEN:ADV-2006-3852 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3852~~ (Obsolete source) XF:macos-kernel-code-execution(29281) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29281
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20060828	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20060828)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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