CVE
- Id
- 38670
- CVE No.
- CVE-2009-1235
- Status
- Candidate
- 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.
- Phase
- Assigned (20090402)
- Votes
- None (candidate not yet proposed)
- Comments