CVE-2010-0105

Severity

49%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

115%

The hfs implementation in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 and 10.6.x before 10.6.5 supports hard links to directories and does not prevent certain deeply nested directory structures, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (filesystem corruption) via a crafted application that calls the mkdir and link functions, related to the fsck_hfs program in the diskdev_cmds component.

The hfs implementation in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 and 10.6.x before 10.6.5 supports hard links to directories and does not prevent certain deeply nested directory structures, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (filesystem corruption) via a crafted application that calls the mkdir and link functions, related to the fsck_hfs program in the diskdev_cmds component.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.9. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C).

Overview

Type

Apple Mac OS X

First reported 14 years ago

2010-04-27 15:30:00

Last updated 14 years ago

2010-12-10 05:00:00

Affected Software

Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8

10.5.8

Apple Mac OS X 10.6.0

10.6.0

Apple Mac OS X 10.6.1

10.6.1

Apple Mac OS X 10.6.2

10.6.2

Apple Mac OS X 10.6.3

10.6.3

Apple Mac OS X 10.6.4

10.6.4

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