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 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.
- Score
- CVSS 2.0 7.2 High
- Status
- Modified - cve@mitre.org
- Published
- 2009-04-02
- Last modified
- 2024-08-07
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Affected products
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34424
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36096
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757
- http://www.digit-labs.org/files/exploits/xnu-hfs-fcntl-v2.c
- http://www.digit-labs.org/files/exploits/xnu-hfs-fcntl-v2.sh
- http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/mac/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=216401181
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34203
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022671
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-218A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0822
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2172
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8266
