CVE-2007-0345 Privilege escalation in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

Local admin users can gain root privileges by modifying vulnerable system utilities and triggering a permissions repair.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2007-0345?

CVE-2007-0345 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 18 Jan 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The (1) Activity Monitor.app/Contents/Resources/pmTool, (2) Keychain Access.app/Contents/Resources/kcproxy, and (3) ODBC Administrator.app/Contents/Resources/iodbcadmintool programs in /Applications/Utilities/ in Mac OS X 10.4.8 have weak permissions (writable by admin group), which allows local admin users to gain root privileges by modifying a program and then performing permissions repair via diskutil.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-0345?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Mac Os X.

How do I fix CVE-2007-0345?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-0345 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2007-0345 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-0345 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Apple Mac Os X vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-r3v6-qx7j-xr83.

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