// For flags

CVE-2013-6799

Apple Mac OSX 10.9 - Hard Link Memory Corruption

Severity Score

4.7
*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

4
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

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.

Apple Mac OS X permite a usuarios locales provocar una denegación de servicio (corrupción de memoria o panic) mediante la creación de un hard link a un directorio. NOTA: esta vulnerabilidad existe por una solución incompleta para CVE-2010-0105.

Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in HFS, including a hard linking issue that can be used to trigger a denial of service condition.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2013-11-15 CVE Reserved
  • 2013-11-16 CVE Published
  • 2014-04-08 First Exploit
  • 2024-09-17 CVE Updated
  • 2024-09-17 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
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Apple
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 Mac Os X
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 10.9
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Affected