{"id":"CVE-2007-0647","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2007-0647","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:40:23.847Z","title":"Format string vulnerability in Help Viewer 3.0.0 allows remote user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via format string specifiers in a filename, which is not properly handled when calling the NSBeginAlertSheet Apple AppKit function.","description":"Format string vulnerability in Help Viewer 3.0.0 allows remote user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via format string specifiers in a filename, which is not properly handled when calling the NSBeginAlertSheet Apple AppKit function.","published":"2007-02-01T00:28:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:36:00.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.1,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C"},"cwe":[],"affected":["apple/mac os x"],"epss":{"score":0.02627,"percentile":0.85388,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2007-01-30","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":29553,"kind":"exploit","title":"Apple Mac OSX 10.4.x - Help Viewer '.help' Filename Format String","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/29553","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/osx/dos/29553.txt","file":"exploits/osx/dos/29553.txt","published":"2007-01-30","added":"2007-01-30","updated":"2013-11-13","author":"LMH","type":"dos","platform":"osx","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2007-0647","OSVDB-32707"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22326/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 2.6%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.digitalmunition.com/MOAB-30-01-2007.html","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/32707","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22326","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.digitalmunition.com/MOAB-30-01-2007.html","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/32707","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22326","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-0647","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}