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 NVD

9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

44.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 99th percentile

Published

2007-11-29

Updated

2024-08-07

Metasploit modules (1)

• rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/osx/email/mailapp_image_exec.rb

ExploitDB entries (2)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/30781
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16870

Security advisories

• http://secunia.com/advisories/27785
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28136
• http://www.heise-security.co.uk/news/99257
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3958
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/433819
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26510

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry