CVE-2009-1235

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.

Date published : 2009-04-02

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00001.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34203