CVE-2007-5861

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-12-19 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Spotlight in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application termination) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted .XLS file that triggers memory corruption in the Microsoft Office Spotlight Importer.

Affected products

macOS: 10.4.11

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/28136
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019106
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26910
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39113
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/28136
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019106

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