CVE-2013-6799 EXPLOIT
4.7
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 0.7% (pctl 53)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.7 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| EPSS | 0.74% — more likely to be exploited than 53% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2013-11-18 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| apple | mac os x |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Apple Mac OSX 10.9 - Hard Link Memory Corruption | 2014-04-08 |
References
- 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
- 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
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