CVE-2007-0465

Severity: high (CVSS 7.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 18.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-01-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Format string vulnerability in Apple Installer 2.1.5 on Mac OS X 10.4.8 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a (1) PKG, (2) DISTZ, or (3) MPKG package filename.

Affected products

Apple Installer: 2.1.5
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-26-01-2007.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/24966
http://www.osvdb.org/32705
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22272
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017940
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1470
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31883
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html

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