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    CVE-2006-6127

    Apple Mac OS X kernel allows local users to cause a denial of service via a process that uses kevent to register a queue and an event, then fork a child process that uses kevent to register an event for the same queue as the parent.

    Published:Nov 27, 2006
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Nov 27, 2006
    EPSS Score:0.00516
    CVSS Score:2.1

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Apple
    Product
    Mac Os X
    Vendor
    Apple
    Product
    Mac Os X Server

    Exploits

    http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-24-11-2006.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21285http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-24-11-2006.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21285

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.html
    http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-24-11-2006.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23114
    http://secunia.com/advisories/27643
    http://www.osvdb.org/30695
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21285
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26444
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-319A.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4715
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3868
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30544
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.html
    http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-24-11-2006.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23114
    http://secunia.com/advisories/27643
    http://www.osvdb.org/30695
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21285
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26444
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-319A.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4715
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3868
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30544

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High