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CVE-2009-1235

HIGH · CVSS 7.2 EPSS 0.98% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2009-04-02 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

AI analysis pending.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2009-1235
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.2
EPSS
0.98%

Original NVD 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.