CVE-2007-6276 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the virtual private network daemon (vpnd) in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 and earlier versions. A remote attacker can exploit this flaw by sending a specially crafted load balancing packet to UDP port 4112, triggering a divide-by-zero error and crashing the daemon. With a CVSS score of 7.8, this vulnerability is considered high severity, requiring no authentication or complex attack methods to achieve a complete denial of service. While not actively exploited in the wild and not on the KEV catalog, a proof-of-concept exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, though it has garnered minimal community discussion or media attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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