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CVE-2007-0117

CRITICAL

10.0

CVSS Severity Score

EPSS Score0.1500%

EPSS Percentile9.42th

PublishedJan 9, 2007

Last ModifiedApr 23, 2026

Vulnerability Description

DiskManagementTool in the DiskManagement.framework 92.29 on Mac OS X 10.4.8 does not properly validate Bill of Materials (BOM) files, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a BOM file under /Library/Receipts/, which triggers arbitrary file permission changes upon execution of a diskutil permission repair operation.

Affected Platforms (CPE)

💻

Apple

Mac Os X

= 10.4.8

💻

Apple

Mac Os X Server

= 10.4.8

References & Advisories

🔗 http://osvdb.org/31167

🔗 http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-05-01-2007.html

🔗 http://secunia.com/advisories/23653

🔗 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21899

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

🔗 http://osvdb.org/31167

🔗 http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-05-01-2007.html

🔗 http://secunia.com/advisories/23653

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