CVE-2007-5829 (GCVE-0-2007-5829)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-11-05 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 15:47
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 29/100 over 2337 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
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http://securitytracker.com/id?1018890 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://secunia.com/advisories/27488 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26253 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018889 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3698 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://osvdb.org/40864 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
Date Public
2007-11-01 00:00
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