CVE-2010-0105

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2010-04-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

macOS: 10.5.8, 10.6.0, 10.6.1, 10.6.2, 10.6.3, 10.6.4

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/83
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39658
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024723
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/83
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39658
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024723

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