CVE-2007-0117

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-01-09 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

DiskManagementTool in the DiskManagement.framework 92.29 on Mac OS X 10.4.8 does not properly validate Bill of Materials (BOM) files, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a BOM file under /Library/Receipts/, which triggers arbitrary file permission changes upon execution of a diskutil permission repair operation.

Affected products

macOS: 10.4.8
Apple Mac Os X Server: 10.4.8

References

http://osvdb.org/31167
http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-05-01-2007.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/23653
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21899
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0074
http://osvdb.org/31167
http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-05-01-2007.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/23653
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21899
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0074

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