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CVE-2009-1235 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00001.html	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/34424	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/36096	CVE
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757	CVE
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8266	CVE
http://www.digit-labs.org/files/exploits/xnu-hfs-fcntl-v2.c	CVE	Exploit
http://www.digit-labs.org/files/exploits/xnu-hfs-fcntl-v2.sh	CVE	Exploit
http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/mac/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=216401181	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34203	CVE	Exploit
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022671	CVE
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-218A.html	CVE	US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0822	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2172	CVE
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00001.html	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/34424	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/36096	[email protected]
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757	[email protected]
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8266	[email protected]
http://www.digit-labs.org/files/exploits/xnu-hfs-fcntl-v2.c	[email protected]	Exploit
http://www.digit-labs.org/files/exploits/xnu-hfs-fcntl-v2.sh	[email protected]	Exploit
http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/mac/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=216401181	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34203	[email protected]	Exploit
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022671	[email protected]
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-218A.html	[email protected]	US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0822	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2172	[email protected]

see all 26 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-264	Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
apple mac os x	<= 10.5.6 10.0 10.0.0 10.0.1 10.0.2
CPE cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.1.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.1.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.1.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.1.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.1.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.1.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.8::mac_mini::::: cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.8::macbook::::: cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.8::macbook_pro::::: cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.11:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.2:2008-002:::::: cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.5:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
apple mac os x server	<= 10.5.6 10.0 10.0.0 10.0.1 10.0.2
CPE cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.0.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.0.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.0.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.0.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.0.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.1.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.1.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.1.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.1.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.1.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.1.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.2.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.2.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.2.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.2.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.2.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.2.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.2.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.2.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.2.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.3.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.3.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.3.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.3.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.3.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.3.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.3.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.3.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.3.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.3.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.11:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.5:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 2, 2009	Initial Analysis	[email protected]