6.9
MEDIUM
CVE-2007-0023
Apple Mac OS X UserNotificationCenter Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description

The CFUserNotificationSendRequest function in UserNotificationCenter.app in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8, when used in combination with diskutil, allows local users to gain privileges via a malicious InputManager in Library/InputManagers in a user's home directory, which is executed when Cocoa applications attempt to notify the user.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 24, 2007, 1:28 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 12:24 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

3.4
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2007-0023 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Apple mac_os_x

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2007-0023 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2007-0023 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305102
    Added Reference http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Feb/msg00000.html
    Added Reference http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-22-01-2007.html
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/23846
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/24198
    Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1017542
    Added Reference http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/315856
    Added Reference http://www.osvdb.org/32695
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22188
    Added Reference http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-047A.html
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0074
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31676
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/31676 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31676 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 24, 2007

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2007-0023 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2007-0023 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} 0.00%

score

0.11570

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability