CVE-2007-5856 describes a vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.1's Quick Look feature. When previewing an HTML file, Quick Look failed to restrict plug-ins from initiating network requests, potentially allowing remote attackers to exfiltrate sensitive information. This vulnerability carries a critical CVSS score of 9.4 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N), indicating it is easily exploitable over a network with no authentication, leading to complete confidentiality and integrity compromise. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.