CVE-2007-0752

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-05-24 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

macOS: 10.4.8
Apple Mac Os X Server: 10.4.8

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=537
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/25402
http://www.osvdb.org/35144
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24144
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018124
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34503
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=537
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html

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