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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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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Status : Deferred
Published: 2009-04-02T17:30:00.327
Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490
Link: CVE-2009-1235

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