CVE-2007-0753
Format string vulnerability in the VPN daemon (vpnd) in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.9 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via…
- 7.2HighCVSS base score
- 0.93%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 39% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Format string vulnerability in the VPN daemon (vpnd) in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.9 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via the -i parameter.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
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Exploit-DB2 entries
- Apple Mac OSX < 2007-005 - 'vpnd' Local Privilege Escalation (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 4013local, osxpublished 30 May 2007Verified
- Apple Mac OSX 10.4.9 - VPND Local Format String (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 30096local, osxpublished 29 May 2007Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 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)
- 0.93% · top 39% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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
11
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2007-1939 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- macos-vpnd-format-string(34505) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1018125 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2007-05-24 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 24208 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 25402 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 24144 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20070529 Mac OS X vpnd local format string (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 35143 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20070529 Re: Mac OS X vpnd local format string (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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-2007-0750 (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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