Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 Spotlight resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component Spotlight. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-5861. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

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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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115676 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2007-009 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2007-12-17)).

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), Tenable (29723), SecurityFocus (BID 26910†), OSVDB (40735†) and Secunia (SA28136†). The entries VDB-2085, VDB-3475, VDB-3517 and VDB-35351 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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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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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Kevin Finisterre (Sean)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-5861 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-5861
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-40127
X-Force: 39113
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
SecurityTracker: 1019106
Vulnerability Center: 17189 - Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 Spotlight DoS or Code Execution via Crafted .xls Files, Critical
Vupen: ADV-2007-4238

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 06/07/2025 10:14
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (71), 08/02/2019 09:14 (13), 06/07/2025 10:14 (18)
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