CVE-2007-0117 describes a critical privilege escalation vulnerability in the DiskManagementTool of Mac OS X 10.4.8. This flaw allows attackers to gain root privileges by manipulating Bill of Materials (BOM) files located in /Library/Receipts/, which are then improperly processed during a diskutil permission repair operation, leading to arbitrary file permission changes. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity and can result in complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, indicating a high potential for exploitation, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.4.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.4.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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