HIGH
Mail in Apple Mac OS X Leopard (10.5.1) allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an AppleDouble attachment containing an apparently-safe file type and script in a resource fork, which does not warn the user that a separate program is going to be executed
Published Nov 29, 2007
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 44.75%
Description
Mail in Apple Mac OS X Leopard (10.5.1) allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an AppleDouble attachment containing an apparently-safe file type and script in a resource fork, which does not warn the user that a separate program is going to be executed. NOTE: this is a regression error related to CVE-2006-0395.
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.
9.3 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
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.
44.75% 0.44746
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.44746
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 | 44.75% (0.44746) | 98.73th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 44.75% (0.44746) | 98.61th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 38.55% (0.38553) | 96.90th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 31.14% (0.31136) | 96.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 2, 2024 | 13.30% (0.13304) | 95.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 25, 2024 | 11.75% (0.11747) | 95.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 13.93% (0.13934) | 94.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 29.50% (0.29498) | 97.42th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 29.50% (0.29498) | 96.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (2)
References (11)
- 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/27785 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28136 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019106 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.heise-security.co.uk/news/99257 x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/433819 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26510 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3958 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
| 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/27785 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/28136 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1019106 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.heise-security.co.uk/news/99257 | x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/433819 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26510 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3958 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 29, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Nov 28, 2007
Link CVE-2007-6165
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a