CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
25.4%
Apple Mac OS X is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.804183");
script_version("2023-07-27T05:05:08+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2013-6799");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.7");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-27 05:05:08 +0000 (Thu, 27 Jul 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2013-12-31 20:51:30 +0530 (Tue, 31 Dec 2013)");
script_name("Apple Mac OS X Denial of Service Vulnerability");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Apple Mac OS X is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure
of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer
release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to improper sanitization of user-input when handling hard
links.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Mac OS X version 10.9.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow a local attacker to corrupt memory and
cause a denial of service.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"WillNotFix");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://en.securitylab.ru/nvd/447755.php");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2013110059");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2013 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/osx_name", "ssh/login/osx_version", re:"ssh/login/osx_version=^10\.9");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
osName = get_kb_item("ssh/login/osx_name");
if(!osName)
exit(0);
osVer = get_kb_item("ssh/login/osx_version");
if(!osVer)
exit(0);
if("Mac OS X" >< osName)
{
if(version_is_equal(version:osVer, test_version:"10.9"))
{
security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
}
exit(0);