CVE-2007-6165
Mail in Apple Mac OS X Leopard (10.5.1) allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an AppleDouble attachment containing an apparently-safe file type and script in a resource fork, which does not warn the user that a separate…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 44.7%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Mail in Apple Mac OS X Leopard (10.5.1) allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an AppleDouble attachment containing an apparently-safe file type and script in a resource fork, which does not warn the user that a separate program is going to be executed. NOTE: this is a regression error related to CVE-2006-0395.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 44.75% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 20 November 2007
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20, CWE-264
- Affected
- apple/mac os x
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 44.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (2)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27785Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28136Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019106
- http://www.heise-security.co.uk/news/99257Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/433819US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26510Exploit
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3958Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238Vendor Advisory
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27785Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28136Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019106
- http://www.heise-security.co.uk/news/99257Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/433819US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26510Exploit
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3958Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.