CVE-2007-0752 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2007-0752?

CVE-2007-0752 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 24 May 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-0752?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Apple Mac Os X, Apple Mac Os X Server.

How do I fix CVE-2007-0752?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-0752 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2007-0752 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-0752 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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