CVE-2007-6165 Code injection in n/a

What is CVE-2007-6165?

CVE-2007-6165 is a critical code injection vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 29 Nov 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Mail in Apple Mac OS X Leopard (10.5.1) allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an AppleDouble attachment containing an apparently-safe file type and script in a resource fork, which does not warn the user that a separate program is going to be executed. NOTE: this is a regression error related to CVE-2006-0395.

Weakness: CWE-264, CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-6165?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Mac Os X.

How do I fix CVE-2007-6165?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-6165 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2007-6165 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-6165 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-9gxh-58f6-h4hh.