CVE-2007-0267

Mac OS X 10.4.8 - Denial of Service via Crafted UFS DMG Image

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2007-0267. PoCs published by LMH.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing a remote denial-of-service vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X due to improper handling of crafted DMG images by the UFS filesystem handler. The vulnerability can cause a kernel panic, leading to a DoS condition.

Description

The ufs_lookup function in the Mac OS X 10.4.8 and FreeBSD 6.1 kernels allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) and possibly corrupt other filesystems by mounting a crafted UNIX File System (UFS) DMG image that contains a corrupted directory entry (struct direct), related to the ufs_dirbad function. NOTE: a third party states that the FreeBSD issue does not cross privilege boundaries.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by LMH · textdososx
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/29452

This is a writeup describing a remote denial-of-service vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X due to improper handling of crafted DMG images by the UFS filesystem handler. The vulnerability can cause a kernel panic, leading to a DoS condition.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8
No auth needed
Prerequisites: A crafted DMG image
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (12)

Core 12
Core References
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0171
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22036
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017751
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/32686
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/23721
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/24479

Scores

EPSS 0.0092
EPSS Percentile 55.7%

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (2)
apple/mac_os_x 10.4.8
freebsd/freebsd 6.1
Published Jan 17, 2007
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026