CVE-2007-0345 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Mac OS X 10.4.8, specifically affecting the Activity Monitor, Keychain Access, and ODBC Administrator utilities. These programs had weak permissions, allowing local administrative users to modify them and subsequently gain root privileges through a permissions repair operation. Rated with a CVSS score of 6.8 (High), this vulnerability requires local access and user authentication, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.4.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
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