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 program is going to be executed. NOTE: this is a regression error related to CVE-2006-0395.

CVSS v2.0 9.3 HIGH

9.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/27785	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28136	Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019106
http://www.heise-security.co.uk/news/99257	Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/433819	US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26510	Exploit
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html	US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3958	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238	Vendor 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/27785	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28136	Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019106
http://www.heise-security.co.uk/news/99257	Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/433819	US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26510	Exploit
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html	US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3958	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2007-11-29 01:46

Updated : 2025-04-09 00:30

NVD link : CVE-2007-6165

Mitre link : CVE-2007-6165

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2007-6165

JSON object : View

Products Affected

apple

mac_os_x

CWE

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

CWE-264

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

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