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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-04-02T17:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T05:04:49.363Z

Reserved: 2009-04-02T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2009-1235

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-04-02T17:30:00.327

Modified: 2024-11-21T01:01:58.497

Link: CVE-2009-1235

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