MEDIUM
The CFUserNotificationSendRequest function in UserNotificationCenter.app in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8, when used in combination with diskutil, allows local users to gain privileges via a malicious InputManager in Library/InputManagers in a user's home directory, which is executed when Cocoa applications attempt to notify the user
Published Jan 24, 2007
6.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.59%
Description
The CFUserNotificationSendRequest function in UserNotificationCenter.app in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8, when used in combination with diskutil, allows local users to gain privileges via a malicious InputManager in Library/InputManagers in a user's home directory, which is executed when Cocoa applications attempt to notify the user.
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.
6.9 MEDIUM NVD
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
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.
1.59% 0.01588
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01588
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 (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.59% (0.01588) | 74.72th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.54% (0.01538) | 71.53th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.21% (0.00207) | 41.03th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 11.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 18, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 15.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.22% (0.03220) | 84.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.22% (0.03220) | 82.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.22% (0.03220) | 65.30th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (12)
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305102 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Feb/msg00000.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-22-01-2007.html x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23846 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24198 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017542 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/315856 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/32695 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22188 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-047A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0074 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31676 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305102 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Feb/msg00000.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE | |
| http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-22-01-2007.html | x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/23846 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/24198 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1017542 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/315856 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/32695 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22188 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-047A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0074 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31676 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jan 24, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jan 2, 2007
Link CVE-2007-0023
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a