National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-5829

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: XF

Name: symantec-av-mac-privilege-escalation(38229)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/38229

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-3698

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3698

External Source: BID

Name: 26253

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26253

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1018890

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1018890

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1018889

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1018889

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2007.11.02.html

Hyperlink:http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2007.11.02.html

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 27488

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27488

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 40864

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/40864