CVE-2007-6165 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2007-11-29

Score: 9.3 Critical

EPSS: 38.6% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.38553.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
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
http://secunia.com/advisories/28136
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019106
http://www.heise-security.co.uk/news/99257
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/433819
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26510
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3958
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238

History

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Subscriptions

Apple Mac Os X

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-11-29T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T15:54:26.960Z

Reserved: 2007-11-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-6165

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-11-29T01:46:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-6165

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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