CVE-2007-5829 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Symantec AntiVirus for Macintosh 9.x and 10.x, and Norton AntiVirus/Internet Security for Macintosh 10.x and 3.x, respectively. The Disk Mount scanner uses a group-writable directory, allowing local admin users to replace files and gain root privileges when a disk is inserted and the "Show Progress During Mount Scans" option is enabled. With a CVSS score of 6.0, this vulnerability has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires high attack complexity and authenticated user access. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_antivirus:9.0:*:macintosh:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_antivirus:9.0.1:*:macintosh:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_antivirus:9.0.2:*:macintosh:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_antivirus:9.0.3:*:macintosh:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_antivirus:10.0:*:macintosh:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
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