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CVE-2007-5863
Software Update in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack…
High9.3EPSS 23.0%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Software Update in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack between the client and the server, using a modified distribution definition file with the "allow-external-scripts" option.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 43 days later
· 43 days 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 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 23.0% · top 2.2% 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 9.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- macos-software-update-command-execution(39111) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2007-4238 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20071217 Apple OS X Software Update Remote Command Execution (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- TA07-352A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 28136 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1019106 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 26908 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2007-12-17 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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)
- 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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