CVE-2007-0023 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2007-0023?

CVE-2007-0023 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 24 Jan 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The CFUserNotificationSendRequest function in UserNotificationCenter.app in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8, when used in combination with diskutil, allows local users to gain privileges via a malicious InputManager in Library/InputManagers in a user's home directory, which is executed when Cocoa applications attempt to notify the user.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-0023?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Mac Os X.

How do I fix CVE-2007-0023?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-0023 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2007-0023 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-0023 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-pjgv-jp84-vf63.