CVE-2009-1235
CVE-2009-1235
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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http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00001.htmlhttp://secunia.com/advisories/34424http://secunia.com/advisories/36096http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8266http://www.digit-labs.org/files/exploits/xnu-hfs-fcntl-v2.chttp://www.digit-labs.org/files/exploits/xnu-hfs-fcntl-v2.shhttp://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/mac/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=216401181http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34203http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022671http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-218A.htmlhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0822