CVE-2009-1235
XNU 1228.9.59 and earlier on Apple Mac OS X 10.5.6 and earlier does not properly restrict interaction between user space and the HFS IOCTL handler, which...
- Published
- Apr 2, 2009
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Mar 23, 2009
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 60.2%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
XNU 1228.9.59 and earlier on Apple Mac OS X 10.5.6 and earlier does not properly restrict interaction between user space and the HFS IOCTL handler, which allows local users to overwrite kernel memory and gain privileges by attaching an HFS+ disk image and performing certain steps involving HFS_GET_BOOT_INFO fcntl calls.
Sources
1mu-b · osx · Mar 23, 2009
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