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CVE-2009-1235

HIGH CVSS: 7.2 Published: 2009-04-02 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Apple Mac Os X ServerApple Mac Os X

Weakness Type

CWE-264

References