CVE-2009-1235

Apple Mac OS X < 10.5.6 - Access Control

Title source: rule

Description

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by mu-b · bashlocalosx

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8266

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References (13)

[Mailing List] http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00001.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/34424

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/36096

[Vendor Advisory] http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757

[Exploit] http://www.digit-labs.org/files/exploits/xnu-hfs-fcntl-v2.c

[Exploit] http://www.digit-labs.org/files/exploits/xnu-hfs-fcntl-v2.sh

[Various Sources] http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/mac/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=216401181

[Exploit] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34203

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022671

[US Government Resource] http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-218A.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0822

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory] https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8266

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2172

Scores

EPSS 0.0020

EPSS Percentile 42.5%

Details

CWE

CWE-264

Status published

Products (47)

apple/mac_os_x 10.0

apple/mac_os_x 10.0.0

apple/mac_os_x 10.0.1

apple/mac_os_x 10.0.2

apple/mac_os_x 10.0.3

apple/mac_os_x 10.0.4

apple/mac_os_x 10.1

apple/mac_os_x 10.1.0

apple/mac_os_x 10.1.1

apple/mac_os_x 10.1.2

... and 37 more

Published Apr 02, 2009

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026