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CORE IMPACT v9 - Exploits Update (Wed Sep 16 2009)
Apple Mac OS X HFS Plus Local Privilege Escalation Exploit
Exploits/Local [Mac OS X]
• Wed Sep 16 2009
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. This 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.
Exploits Vulnerabiltiy: CVE-2009-1235