{"cve":"CVE-2006-5836","nvd":{"published":"2006-11-10T01:07:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:31:58.460","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["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-09-11-2006.html","http://secunia.com/advisories/22808","http://secunia.com/advisories/24479"],"products":["opendarwin:darwin_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:43:14.363260067+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2006-5836","score":0.01335,"percentile":0.71171,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}