The PPP daemon (pppd) in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 checks ownership of the stdin file descriptor to determine if the invoker has sufficient privileges, which allows local users to load arbitrary plugins and gain root privileges by bypassing this check
Published May 24, 2007
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.72%
Description
The PPP daemon (pppd) in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 checks ownership of the stdin file descriptor to determine if the invoker has sufficient privileges, which allows local users to load arbitrary plugins and gain root privileges by bypassing this check.
Affected products
No data.
- 10.4.8
- 10.4.8
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
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.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (8 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.72% (0.00723) | 52.28th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.72% (0.00723) | 48.99th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.23% (0.00227) | 43.48th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.34th | 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) |
No CWE recorded.
References (9)
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=537 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEVendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25402 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.osvdb.org/35144 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24144 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018124 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34503 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=537 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEVendor Advisory | |
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/25402 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/35144 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24144 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018124 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34503 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
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