National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-6165

Overview

Mail in Apple Mac OS X Leopard (10.5.1) allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an AppleDouble attachment containing an apparently-safe file type and script in a resource fork, which does not warn the user that a separate program is going to be executed. NOTE: this is a regression error related to CVE-2006-0395.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA07-352A

Name: TA07-352A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html

US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#433819

Name: VU#433819

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/433819

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-4238

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-3958

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3958

External Source: BID

Name: 26510

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26510

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.heise-security.co.uk/news/99257

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.heise-security.co.uk/news/99257

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1019106

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1019106

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 28136

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28136

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 27785

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27785

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2007-12-17

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179

Hyperlink:http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179