CVE-2007-0117 — DiskManagementTool in the DiskManagement.framework 92.29 on Mac OS X 10.4.8 does not properly validate Bill of Materials (BOM) files, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a BOM file under /Library/Receipts/, which triggers arbitrary file permission changes upon execution of a diskutil permission repair operation

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DiskManagementTool in the DiskManagement.framework 92.29 on Mac OS X 10.4.8 does not properly validate Bill of Materials (BOM) files, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a BOM file under /Library/Receipts/, which triggers arbitrary file permission changes upon execution of a diskutil permission repair operation

Published Jan 9, 2007

10.0

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 5.39%

Description

DiskManagementTool in the DiskManagement.framework 92.29 on Mac OS X 10.4.8 does not properly validate Bill of Materials (BOM) files, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a BOM file under /Library/Receipts/, which triggers arbitrary file permission changes upon execution of a diskutil permission repair operation.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

5.39% 0.05386

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.05386

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 (13 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	5.39% (0.05386)	92.42th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	5.35% (0.05347)	91.56th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Oct 20, 2025	7.91% (0.07912)	91.59th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 30, 2025	6.50% (0.06497)	90.18th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	11.19% (0.11185)	89.13th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	5.75% (0.05754)	89.79th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.71% (0.00707)	81.05th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 30, 2024	0.71% (0.00707)	79.99th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Aug 28, 2023	0.71% (0.00710)	77.99th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.73% (0.00726)	77.68th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	3.69% (0.03687)	85.02th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	3.69% (0.03687)	83.48th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	3.69% (0.03687)	66.64th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (5)

http://osvdb.org/31167
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-05-01-2007.html
x_refsource_MISCExploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/23653
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21899
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0074
vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN

Link	Providers	Tags
http://osvdb.org/31167		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-05-01-2007.html		x_refsource_MISCExploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/23653		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21899		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0074		vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jan 9, 2007

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Jan 8, 2007

Link CVE-2007-0117

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2007-0117

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2007-0117