CVE-2007-0162
Unsanity Application Enhancer (APE) 2.0.2 installs with insecure permissions for the (1) ApplicationEnhancer binary and the (2)…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 0.84%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 42% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Unsanity Application Enhancer (APE) 2.0.2 installs with insecure permissions for the (1) ApplicationEnhancer binary and the (2) /Library/Frameworks/ApplicationEnhancer.framework directory, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying or replacing the binary or library files.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Application Enhancer (APE) 2.0.2 - Local Privilege Escalation (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 3102local, osxpublished 8 Jan 2007Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day 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 | Medium6.8 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.84% · top 42% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References6
- http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-08-01-2007.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://landonf.bikemonkey.org/code/macosx/MOAB_Day_8.20070109002959.18582.timor.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 32661 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 21951 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ape-appenhancer-privilege-escalation(31349) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 23649 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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-2007-0166 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2007-0162)Record last updated .