{"id":"CVE-2007-5829","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2007-5829","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:30:52.705Z","title":"The Disk Mount scanner in Symantec AntiVirus for Macintosh 9.x and 10.x, Norton AntiVirus for Macintosh 10.0 and 10.1, and Norton Internet Security for Macintosh 3.x, uses a directory with weak permissions (group writable), which allows local admin…","description":"The Disk Mount scanner in Symantec AntiVirus for Macintosh 9.x and 10.x, Norton AntiVirus for Macintosh 10.0 and 10.1, and Norton Internet Security for Macintosh 3.x, uses a directory with weak permissions (group writable), which allows local admin users to gain root privileges by replacing unspecified files, which are executed when a user with physical access inserts a disk and the \"Show Progress During Mount Scans\" option is enabled.","published":"2007-11-05T19:46:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:46:54.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":6,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-264"],"affected":["symantec/norton antivirus","symantec/norton internet security"],"epss":{"score":0.00309,"percentile":0.23504,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.31%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://osvdb.org/40864","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/27488","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2007.11.02.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://securitytracker.com/id?1018889","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://securitytracker.com/id?1018890","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26253","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3698","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38229","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/40864","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/27488","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2007.11.02.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://securitytracker.com/id?1018889","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://securitytracker.com/id?1018890","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26253","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3698","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38229","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5829","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."}