MEDIUM
Unspecified vulnerability in Spotlight in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application termination) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted .XLS file that triggers memory corruption in the Microsoft Office Spotlight Importer
Published Dec 19, 2007
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.35%
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in Spotlight in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application termination) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted .XLS file that triggers memory corruption in the Microsoft Office Spotlight Importer.
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.
6.8 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.35% 0.02355
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02355
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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.35% (0.02355) | 83.11th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.35% (0.02355) | 81.46th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.75% (0.00751) | 71.43th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.87% (0.00872) | 83.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.90% (0.00897) | 82.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 22, 2024 | 0.46% (0.00465) | 75.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 14, 2024 | 0.45% (0.00448) | 74.71th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.38% (0.00375) | 71.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.38% (0.00375) | 68.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.96% (0.01960) | 78.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.96% (0.01960) | 76.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.96% (0.01960) | 55.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (8)
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28136 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019106 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26910 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39113 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/28136 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1019106 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26910 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39113 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Dec 19, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Nov 6, 2007
Link CVE-2007-5861
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a