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CVE-2009-1235

No fix known EPSS <1%

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.

Published 2009-04-02 · CVE record · OSV

Products: apple mac_os_x, apple mac_os_x_server