HIGH
Untrusted search path vulnerability in writeconfig in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 allows local users to gain privileges via a modified PATH that points to a malicious launchctl program
Published Jan 23, 2007
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.53%
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in writeconfig in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 allows local users to gain privileges via a modified PATH that points to a malicious launchctl program.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.2 HIGH NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.53% 0.00531
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00531
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.53% (0.00531) | 42.80th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.52% (0.00515) | 39.49th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.09% (0.00086) | 22.73th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00063) | 28.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 17, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00066) | 28.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 4, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 13.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 11.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (12)
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-21-01-2007.html x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23793 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24966 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.osvdb.org/31605 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22148 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017941 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0074 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1470 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31677 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE | |
| http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-21-01-2007.html | x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/23793 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/24966 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/31605 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22148 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017941 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0074 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1470 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31677 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jan 23, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jan 2, 2007
Link CVE-2007-0022
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a