CVE-2007-0729
Apple File Protocol (AFP) Client in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 through 10.4.9 does not properly clean the environment before executing commands, which allows local users to gain privileges by setting unspecified environment variables.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.89%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Apple File Protocol (AFP) Client in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 through 10.4.9 does not properly clean the environment before executing commands, which allows local users to gain privileges by setting unspecified environment variables.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.89% probability · 57th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- apple/mac os x · apple/mac os x preview.app · apple/mac os x server
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391Patch
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24966
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/312424Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/34858
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23569
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017944
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1470
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391Patch
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24966
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/312424Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/34858
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23569
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017944
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1470
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.