CVEvulnerability

CVE-2007-5829

6.0 MEDIUM Published 2007-11-05 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2007-11-05
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.0 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-264

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• symantec norton antivirus 9.0 • symantec norton antivirus 9.0.1 • symantec norton antivirus 9.0.2 • symantec norton antivirus 9.0.3 • symantec norton antivirus 10.0 • symantec norton antivirus 10.1 • symantec norton internet security 3.0

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

References