CVE-2007-0752 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the PPP daemon (pppd) of Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8. By manipulating stdin file descriptor ownership, local attackers can bypass privilege checks to load arbitrary plugins and gain root access. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.2, indicating high severity with local access, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA KEV and showing no active exploitation or community discussion, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, suggesting a potential for exploitation.
| 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:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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