CVE-2007-0023

high

Description

The CFUserNotificationSendRequest function in UserNotificationCenter.app in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8, when used in combination with diskutil, allows local users to gain privileges via a malicious InputManager in Library/InputManagers in a user's home directory, which is executed when Cocoa applications attempt to notify the user.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31676

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0074

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-047A.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22188

http://www.osvdb.org/32695

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/315856

http://securitytracker.com/id?1017542

http://secunia.com/advisories/24198

http://secunia.com/advisories/23846

http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Feb/msg00000.html

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305102

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-01-24

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High