CVEvulnerability
CVE-2007-5863
9.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2007-12-19
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-310
Description
Software Update in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack between the client and the server, using a modified distribution definition file with the "allow-external-scripts" option.
Affected configurations
• apple mac os x 10.5.1
• apple mac os x server 10.5.1
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179 docs.info.apple.com
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html lists.apple.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28136 secunia.com
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019106 securitytracker.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485237/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26908 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238 www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39111 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179 docs.info.apple.com
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html lists.apple.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28136 secunia.com
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019106 securitytracker.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485237/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26908 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238 www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39111 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com