CVE-2009-1235
23Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.
ssvc Attendepss 1.0%
exploitation probability
1.0%top 41% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
1 public exploit(s)
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 products
n/a · n/apublic PoCs found — 1✓ VexDay Proof
cve_reference✓ VexDay Proofwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/8266⚠ Public resources, to assess the exposure of systems you control or are authorized to test. Test only with authorization.
References
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