CVE-2007-0022

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-01-23 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in writeconfig in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 allows local users to gain privileges via a modified PATH that points to a malicious launchctl program.

Affected products

macOS: 10.4.8

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html
http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-21-01-2007.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/23793
http://secunia.com/advisories/24966
http://www.osvdb.org/31605
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22148
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017941
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0074
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1470
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31677

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