CVE-2007-0117
highpriority · attend · 52EPSS 0.054 · 93 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
DiskManagementTool in the DiskManagement.framework 92.29 on Mac OS X 10.4.8 does not properly validate Bill of Materials (BOM) files, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a BOM file under /Library/Receipts/, which triggers arbitrary file permission changes upon execution of a diskutil permission repair operation.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (2)
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- EDB-3087Apple Mac OSX 10.4.8 - DiskManagement BOM Privilege Escalationfunctional · exploit_db
- EDB-3088Apple Mac OSX 10.4.8 - DiskManagement BOM 'cron' Local Privilege Escalationfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (3)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (10)
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- http://osvdb.org/31167enisa_euvd
- http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-05-01-2007.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23653enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21899enisa_euvd
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0074enisa_euvd
- http://osvdb.org/31167nvd
- http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-05-01-2007.htmlExploitnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23653nvd
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