Apple Mac OS X Hard Link Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	63612
Class:	Design Error
CVE:	CVE-2013-6799
Remote:	No
Local:	Yes
Published:	Nov 08 2013 12:00AM
Updated:	Nov 19 2013 12:26AM
Credit:	Maksymilian Arciemowicz
Vulnerable:
Not Vulnerable:

Apple Mac OS X Hard Link Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Apple Mac OS X is prone to a local denial-of-service vulnerability.

Exploiting this issue allows local, unprivileged users to crash the affected system, denying further service to legitimate users.

Apple Mac OS X 10.9 is affected; other versions may also be vulnerable.

Apple Mac OS X Hard Link Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

The following exploit code is available:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/63612.c

Apple Mac OS X Hard Link Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently, we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Apple Mac OS X Hard Link Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

• Mac OS X Homepage (Apple)