CVE-2007-5847 Race condition in n/a

What is CVE-2007-5847?

CVE-2007-5847 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 19 Dec 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Race condition in the CFURLWriteDataAndPropertiesToResource API in Core Foundation in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 creates files with insecure permissions, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-5847?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Mac Os X.

How do I fix CVE-2007-5847?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-5847 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2007-5847 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-5847 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-q27h-gwfg-f2vw.