Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2007-0267
The ufs_lookup function in the Mac OS X 10.4.8 and FreeBSD 6.1 kernels allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) and possibly corrupt other filesystems by mounting a crafted UNIX File System (UFS) DMG image that contains a corrupted directory entry (struct direct), related to the ufs_dirbad function. NOTE: a third party states that the FreeBSD issue does not cross privilege boundaries.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.010 (59.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 59.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Mac OS X — versions 10.4.8
- FreeBSD — versions 6.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0171 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/22036 (vdb-entry)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2007-January/004218.html (mailing-list)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html (vendor-advisory)
- docs.info.apple.com/article.html
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-12-01-2007.html
- www.osvdb.org/32686 (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)