CVE-2007-0752

high

Description

The PPP daemon (pppd) in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 checks ownership of the stdin file descriptor to determine if the invoker has sufficient privileges, which allows local users to load arbitrary plugins and gain root privileges by bypassing this check.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34503

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018124

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24144

http://www.osvdb.org/35144

http://secunia.com/advisories/25402

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=537

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-05-24

Updated: 2025-04-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H