CVE-2007-0753

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-05-24 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-134

Description

Format string vulnerability in the VPN daemon (vpnd) in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.9 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via the -i parameter.

Affected products

macOS: 10.3, 10.3.1, 10.3.2, 10.3.3, 10.3.4, 10.3.5 (+14)
Apple Mac Os X Server: 10.3, 10.3.1, 10.3.2, 10.3.3, 10.3.4, 10.3.5 (+14)

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/25402
http://www.osvdb.org/35143
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469882/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469889/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24144
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24208
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018125
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34505
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530

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