BID:34203

Apple Mac OS X HFS Plus Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Info

Apple Mac OS X HFS Plus Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	34203
Class:	Unknown
CVE:	CVE-2009-1235
Remote:	No
Local:	Yes
Published:	Mar 23 2009 12:00AM
Updated:	Aug 21 2009 03:54PM
Credit:	mu-b
Vulnerable:	Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.7 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.6 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.5 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.4 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.3 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.2 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.1 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5 Apple Mac OS X 10.5.7 Apple Mac OS X 10.5.6 Apple Mac OS X 10.5.5 Apple Mac OS X 10.5.4 Apple Mac OS X 10.5.3 Apple Mac OS X 10.5.2 Apple Mac OS X 10.5.1 Apple Mac OS X 10.5

Not Vulnerable:	Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.8 Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8

Discussion

Apple Mac OS X HFS Plus Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Apple Mac OS X is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.

A local attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

The following are vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Mac OS X 10.4.8 through 10.4.11
Mac OS X 10.5.0 through 10.5.6

Exploit / POC

Apple Mac OS X HFS Plus Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

The following exploit is available:

/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/34203.sh
/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/34203.c

Solution / Fix

Apple Mac OS X HFS Plus Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
Vendor updates are available. Please see the referenced advisories for more information.

Apple Mac OS X 10.5