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CVE-2007-5829

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
05/11/2007
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

The Disk Mount scanner in Symantec AntiVirus for Macintosh 9.x and 10.x, Norton AntiVirus for Macintosh 10.0 and 10.1, and Norton Internet Security for Macintosh 3.x, uses a directory with weak permissions (group writable), which allows local admin users to gain root privileges by replacing unspecified files, which are executed when a user with physical access inserts a disk and the "Show Progress During Mount Scans" option is enabled.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
6.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_antivirus:9.0:*:macintosh:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_antivirus:9.0.1:*:macintosh:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_antivirus:9.0.2:*:macintosh:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_antivirus:9.0.3:*:macintosh:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_antivirus:10.0:*:macintosh:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_antivirus:10.1:*:macintosh:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_internet_security:3.0:*:macintosh:*:*:*:*:*

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