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A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 (Operating System) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Spotlight. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Unspecified vulnerability in Spotlight in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application termination) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted .XLS file that triggers memory corruption in the Microsoft Office Spotlight Importer.
The bug was discovered 12/17/2007. The weakness was disclosed 12/19/2007 by Kevin Finisterre (Sean) (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-5861 since 11/06/2007. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 29723 (Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2007-009)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (39113) and Tenable (29723). The entries 2085, 3475, 3517 and 35351 are pretty similar.
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Class: Resource managementCWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 29723
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2007-009)
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OpenVAS ID: 102023
OpenVAS Name: get_kb_item(ssh/login/osx_name
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Timeline
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Kevin Finisterre (Sean)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-5861 (🔍)
X-Force: 39113
SecurityTracker: 1019106
Vulnerability Center: 17189 - Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 Spotlight DoS or Code Execution via Crafted .xls Files, Critical
SecurityFocus: 26910 - Apple Mac OS X v10.5.1 2007-009 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 28136
OSVDB: 40735 - CVE-2007-5861 - Apple - Mac OS X - Unspecified Issue
Vupen: ADV-2007-4238
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entry
Created: 03/16/2015 13:43Updated: 08/02/2019 09:14
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (71), 08/02/2019 09:14 (13)
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