CVE-2007-0345 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The (1) Activity Monitor.app/Contents/Resources/pmTool, (2) Keychain Access.app/Contents/Resources/kcproxy, and (3) ODBC Administrator.app/Contents/Resources/iodbcadmintool programs in /Applications/Utilities/ in Mac OS X 10.4.8 have weak permissions (writable by admin group), which allows local admin users to gain root privileges by modifying a program and then performing permissions repair via diskutil.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00087.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data.

Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Apple Subscribe	Mac Os X Subscribe

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-0347	The (1) Activity Monitor.app/Contents/Resources/pmTool, (2) Keychain Access.app/Contents/Resources/kcproxy, and (3) ODBC Administrator.app/Contents/Resources/iodbcadmintool programs in /Applications/Utilities/ in Mac OS X 10.4.8 have weak permissions (writable by admin group), which allows local admin users to gain root privileges by modifying a program and then performing permissions repair via diskutil.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-15-01-2007.html
http://www.osvdb.org/32700
http://www.osvdb.org/32701
http://www.osvdb.org/32702
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31530
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3136

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-01-18T02:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T12:12:18.127Z

Reserved: 2007-01-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-0345

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2007-01-18T02:28:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2007-0345

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

{"containers": {"cna": {"affected": [{"product": "n/a", "vendor": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "datePublic": "2007-01-15T00:00:00.000Z", "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "The (1) Activity Monitor.app/Contents/Resources/pmTool, (2) Keychain Access.app/Contents/Resources/kcproxy, and (3) ODBC Administrator.app/Contents/Resources/iodbcadmintool programs in /Applications/Utilities/ in Mac OS X 10.4.8 have weak permissions (writable by admin group), which allows local admin users to gain root privileges by modifying a program and then performing permissions repair via diskutil."}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"description": "n/a", "lang": "en", "type": "text"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"dateUpdated": "2017-10-18T14:57:01.000Z", "orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "shortName": "mitre"}, "references": [{"name": "32700", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_OSVDB"], "url": "http://www.osvdb.org/32700"}, {"name": "32701", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_OSVDB"], "url": "http://www.osvdb.org/32701"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_MISC"], "url": "http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-15-01-2007.html"}, {"name": "3136", "tags": ["exploit", "x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB"], "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3136"}, {"name": "macosx-applications-privilege-escalation(31530)", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_XF"], "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31530"}, {"name": "32702", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_OSVDB"], "url": "http://www.osvdb.org/32702"}], "x_legacyV4Record": {"CVE_data_meta": {"ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2007-0345", "STATE": "PUBLIC"}, "affects": {"vendor": {"vendor_data": [{"product": {"product_data": [{"product_name": "n/a", "version": {"version_data": [{"version_value": "n/a"}]}}]}, "vendor_name": "n/a"}]}}, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": {"description_data": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "The (1) Activity Monitor.app/Contents/Resources/pmTool, (2) Keychain Access.app/Contents/Resources/kcproxy, and (3) ODBC Administrator.app/Contents/Resources/iodbcadmintool programs in /Applications/Utilities/ in Mac OS X 10.4.8 have weak permissions (writable by admin group), which allows local admin users to gain root privileges by modifying a program and then performing permissions repair via diskutil."}]}, "problemtype": {"problemtype_data": [{"description": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "n/a"}]}]}, "references": {"reference_data": [{"name": "32700", "refsource": "OSVDB", "url": "http://www.osvdb.org/32700"}, {"name": "32701", "refsource": "OSVDB", "url": "http://www.osvdb.org/32701"}, {"name": "http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-15-01-2007.html", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-15-01-2007.html"}, {"name": "3136", "refsource": "EXPLOIT-DB", "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3136"}, {"name": "macosx-applications-privilege-escalation(31530)", "refsource": "XF", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31530"}, {"name": "32702", "refsource": "OSVDB", "url": "http://www.osvdb.org/32702"}]}}}, "adp": [{"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-07T12:12:18.127Z"}, "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [{"name": "32700", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_OSVDB", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.osvdb.org/32700"}, {"name": "32701", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_OSVDB", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.osvdb.org/32701"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_MISC", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-15-01-2007.html"}, {"name": "3136", "tags": ["exploit", "x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB", "x_transferred"], "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3136"}, {"name": "macosx-applications-privilege-escalation(31530)", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_XF", "x_transferred"], "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31530"}, {"name": "32702", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_OSVDB", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.osvdb.org/32702"}]}]}, "cveMetadata": {"assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "assignerShortName": "mitre", "cveId": "CVE-2007-0345", "datePublished": "2007-01-18T02:00:00.000Z", "dateReserved": "2007-01-17T00:00:00.000Z", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-07T12:12:18.127Z", "state": "PUBLISHED"}, "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1"}

{"configurations": [{"nodes": [{"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "09ED46A8-1739-411C-8807-2A416BDB6DFE", "vulnerable": true}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}]}], "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "The (1) Activity Monitor.app/Contents/Resources/pmTool, (2) Keychain Access.app/Contents/Resources/kcproxy, and (3) ODBC Administrator.app/Contents/Resources/iodbcadmintool programs in /Applications/Utilities/ in Mac OS X 10.4.8 have weak permissions (writable by admin group), which allows local admin users to gain root privileges by modifying a program and then performing permissions repair via diskutil."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "Los programas (1) Activity Monitor.app/Contents/Resources/pmTool, (2) Keychain Access.app/Contents/Resources/kcproxy, y (3) ODBC Administrator.app/Contents/Resources/iodbcadmintool en /Applications/Utilities/ en Mac OS X 10.4.8 tiene permisos d\u00e9biles (escribibles por grupo de administradores), lo cual permite a un usuario local admininistrador ganar privilegios de roor a trav\u00e9s de la modificaci\u00f3n de un programa y por tanto llevando a cabo reparaciones de los permisos a trav\u00e9s de diskutil."}], "id": "CVE-2007-0345", "lastModified": "2025-04-09T00:30:58.490", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV2": [{"acInsufInfo": false, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "cvssData": {"accessComplexity": "LOW", "accessVector": "LOCAL", "authentication": "SINGLE", "availabilityImpact": "COMPLETE", "baseScore": 6.8, "confidentialityImpact": "COMPLETE", "integrityImpact": "COMPLETE", "vectorString": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C", "version": "2.0"}, "exploitabilityScore": 3.1, "impactScore": 10.0, "obtainAllPrivilege": true, "obtainOtherPrivilege": false, "obtainUserPrivilege": false, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary", "userInteractionRequired": false}]}, "published": "2007-01-18T02:28:00.000", "references": [{"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Exploit"], "url": "http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-15-01-2007.html"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://www.osvdb.org/32700"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://www.osvdb.org/32701"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://www.osvdb.org/32702"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31530"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3136"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Exploit"], "url": "http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-15-01-2007.html"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://www.osvdb.org/32700"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://www.osvdb.org/32701"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://www.osvdb.org/32702"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31530"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3136"}], "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org", "vulnStatus": "Deferred", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "NVD-CWE-Other"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}