CVE-2007-6165

Mail in Apple Mac OS X Leopard (10.5.1) - RCE

Title source: llm

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.

Exploits (2)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by Metasploit · rubyremotemultiple

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16870

View Code ZIP pw:eip

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED

by heise Security · textremoteosx

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/30781

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (11)

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238

[US Government Resource] http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html

[US Government Resource] http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/433819

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/28136

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3958

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://securitytracker.com/id?1019106

[Mailing List] http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/27785

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.heise-security.co.uk/news/99257

[Exploit] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26510

Scores

EPSS 0.3855

EPSS Percentile 97.3%

Details

CWE

CWE-20 CWE-264

Status published

Products (1)

apple/mac_os_x 10.5

Published Nov 29, 2007

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026