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
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20, CWE-264
- Affected
- apple/mac os x
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
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. Refreshed daily.