CVE-2010-0105 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the HFS filesystem implementation of Apple Mac OS X versions 10.5.8 and 10.6.x before 10.6.5. Local users can exploit this by creating deeply nested directory structures using hard links, leading to filesystem corruption when fsck_hfs attempts to repair it. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.9, indicating a low attack complexity and local access requirement, with a high impact on availability. While not actively exploited in the wild, a proof-of-concept exploit exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.5.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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