CVE-2007-0740 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Alias Manager in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.9 does not display files with the same name in mounted disk images that have the same name, which might allow user-assisted attackers to trick a user into executing malicious files.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00738.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.9:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.9:::::::*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Apple Subscribe	Mac Os X Subscribe

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-0737	Alias Manager in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.9 does not display files with the same name in mounted disk images that have the same name, which might allow user-assisted attackers to trick a user into executing malicious files.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/25402
http://www.osvdb.org/35147
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24144
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018121
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34498

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-05-24T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T12:26:54.391Z

Reserved: 2007-02-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-0740

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2007-05-24T22:30:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2007-0740

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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