Tuesday, November 28, 2006

MOKB-28-11-2006: Mac OS X shared_region_make_private_np() Memory Corruption

Mac OS X shared_region_make_private_np() system call fails to handle crafted user input, leading to an exploitable memory corruption condition. Unprivileged local users can abuse this issue in order to escalate privileges (via arbitrary code execution) or cause a denial of service.