CVE-2007-6165

Public exploit code

Working exploit or proof of concept code has been published for this vulnerability. Treat unpatched systems as at risk.

• Apple Mac OSX 10.5.x - Mail Arbitrary Code Execution2007-11-20 · remote · osx · Verified
• Apple Mail.app - Image Attachment Command Execution (Metasploit)2011-03-05 · remote · multiple · Verified

Impact

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

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27785
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28136
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1019106
• http://www.heise-security.co.uk/news/99257
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/433819
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26510
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3958
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27785
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28136
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1019106
• http://www.heise-security.co.uk/news/99257
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/433819
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26510
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3958
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238