Vulnerability in Symantec Norton Antivirus
CVE-2007-5829
The Disk Mount scanner in Symantec AntiVirus for Macintosh 9.x and 10.x, Norton AntiVirus for Macintosh 10.0 and 10.1, and Norton Internet Security for Macintosh 3.x, uses a directory with weak permissions (group writable), which allows local admin users to gain root privileges by replacing unspecified files, which are executed when a user with physical access inserts a disk and the "Show Progress During Mount Scans" option is enabled.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (21.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 21st percentile — 21.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Symantec Norton Antivirus — versions 9.0, 9.0.1, 9.0.2
- Symantec Norton Internet Security — versions 3.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2007.11.02.html
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38229 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/27488 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/26253 (vdb-entry)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3698 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- osvdb.org/40864 (vdb-entry)