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CVE-2007-0022
Untrusted search path vulnerability in writeconfig in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 allows local users to gain privileges via a modified PATH that…
- 7.2HighCVSS base score
- 0.55%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 54% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in writeconfig in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 allows local users to gain privileges via a modified PATH that points to a malicious launchctl program.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 21 days later
· 21 days later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.55% · top 54% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
12
- 23793 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 24966 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-21-01-2007.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 31605 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- TA07-109A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 1017941 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- macos-writeconfig-privilege-escalation(31677) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2007-04-19 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- ADV-2007-1470 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- ADV-2007-0074 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 22148 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2007-0026 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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