Medium 4.9Published Apr 27, 2010

CVE-2010-0105The 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 t…

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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: 4.9 MEDIUM (v2.0, NVD)AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

apple mac_os_x apple:mac_os_x	10.5.8; 10.6.0; 10.6.1; 10.6.2; 10.6.3; 10.6.4	NVD

References

References

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

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