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MEDIUM
CVE-2007-5829
Symantec AntiVirus and Norton Products File System Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 5, 2007, 7:46 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 29, 2017, 1:33 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

1.5
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2007-5829 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 Symantec norton_antivirus
2 Symantec norton_internet_security

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2007-5829 vulnerability over time.

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  • 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/38229 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38229 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 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

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

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

0.05 }} 0.00%

score

0.19763

percentile

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