National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-0465
Original release date:01/31/2007
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Format string vulnerability in Apple Installer 2.1.5 on Mac OS X 10.4.8 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a (1) PKG, (2) DISTZ, or (3) MPKG package filename.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
4.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: High
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA07-109A
Name: TA07-109A
External Source: BID
Name: 22272
External Source: MISC
Name: http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-26-01-2007.html
External Source: XF
Name: macos-installer-format-string(31883)
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1017940
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 32705
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-1470
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 24966
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2007-04-19
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391
