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CVE-2007-6165 Details

Description

Mail in Apple Mac OS X Leopard (10.5.1) allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an AppleDouble attachment containing an apparently-safe file type and script in a resource fork, which does not warn the user that a separate program is going to be executed. NOTE: this is a regression error related to CVE-2006-0395.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179	CVE
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/27785	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28136	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019106	CVE
http://www.heise-security.co.uk/news/99257	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/433819	CVE	US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26510	CVE	Exploit
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html	CVE	US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3958	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179	[email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/27785	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28136	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019106	[email protected]
http://www.heise-security.co.uk/news/99257	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/433819	[email protected]	US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26510	[email protected]	Exploit
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html	[email protected]	US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3958	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory

see all 22 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-20	Improper Input Validation	[email protected]
CWE-264	Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
apple mac os x	10.5
CPE cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 29, 2007	Initial Analysis	[email protected]