VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2007-6165
CVSS score9.3 HIGH
EPSS probability44.75%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2007-11-29
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org — Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org — Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — US Government Resource
- cve@mitre.org — Exploit
- cve@mitre.org — US Government Resource
- cve@mitre.org — Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Vendor Advisory
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