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CVE-2007-5863

Software Update in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack between the client and the server, using a modified distribution definition file with the "allow-external-scripts" option.

Published

2007-12-19T21:46:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 9.3 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-310

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.5.1	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.5.1	Yes

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179 ([email protected])
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/28136 ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019106 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485237/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26908 ([email protected])
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39111 ([email protected])
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28136 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019106 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485237/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26908 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39111 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)