Apple Mac OS X 3.0.0 Help Viewer AppKit denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Apple Mac OS X 3.0.0. Affected is the function AppKit of the component Help Viewer. The manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-0647. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Apple Mac OS X 3.0.0 (Operating System). Affected is the function AppKit of the component Help Viewer. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

Format string vulnerability in Help Viewer 3.0.0 allows remote user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via format string specifiers in a filename, which is not properly handled when calling the NSBeginAlertSheet Apple AppKit function.

The weakness was published 01/30/2007 by LMH and Kevin Finisterre (Website). The advisory is available at digitalmunition.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-0647 since 01/31/2007. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (32260), Exploit-DB (29553), SecurityFocus (BID 22326†), OSVDB (32707†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-28837†). Similar entries are available at VDB-34768 and VDB-34767. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: digitalmunition.com
Researcher: LMH, Kevin Finisterre
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-0647 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-0647
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-34770
X-Force: 32260
SecurityFocus: 22326 - Apple Mac OS X Multiple Products Format String Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: 32707 - Apple Mac OS X Help Viewer .help Filename Format String
Vulnerability Center: 28837 - Apple MacOS X Help Viewer 3.0.0 Remote DoS Vulnerability via Format String Specifiers in a Filename, High

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 03/13/2015 10:40
Updated: 03/09/2025 16:53
Changes: 03/13/2015 10:40 (56), 03/12/2017 08:51 (10), 03/09/2025 16:53 (23)
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Cache ID: 216:FEC:103

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