CVE-2007-0752 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The PPP daemon (pppd) in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 checks ownership of the stdin file descriptor to determine if the invoker has sufficient privileges, which allows local users to load arbitrary plugins and gain root privileges by bypassing this check.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00227.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Apple	Mac Os X Mac Os X Server

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-0749	The PPP daemon (pppd) in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 checks ownership of the stdin file descriptor to determine if the invoker has sufficient privileges, which allows local users to load arbitrary plugins and gain root privileges by bypassing this check.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=537
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/25402
http://www.osvdb.org/35144
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24144
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018124
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34503

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-05-24T22:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T12:26:54.492Z

Reserved: 2007-02-05T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2007-0752

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2007-05-24T22:30:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2007-0752

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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