CVE-2013-6799 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Apple Mac OS X 10.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption or panic) by creating a hard link to a directory. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-0105.

Published: 2013-11-16

Score: 4.7 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2013-6601	Apple Mac OS X 10.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption or panic) by creating a hard link to a directory. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-0105.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00735.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-11/0033.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-11/0051.html
http://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2013110059

History

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Subscriptions

Apple Mac Os X

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2013-11-16T11:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T03:17:46.386Z

Reserved: 2013-11-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-6799

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-11-18T02:55:09.983

Modified: 2026-06-17T00:00:57.387

Link: CVE-2013-6799

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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