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CVE-2007-5829
The Disk Mount scanner in Symantec AntiVirus for Macintosh 9.x and 10.x, Norton AntiVirus for Macintosh 10.0 and 10.1, and Norton Internet…
Medium6.0EPSS 0.31%
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Description
The Disk Mount scanner in Symantec AntiVirus for Macintosh 9.x and 10.x, Norton AntiVirus for Macintosh 10.0 and 10.1, and Norton Internet Security for Macintosh 3.x, uses a directory with weak permissions (group writable), which allows local admin users to gain root privileges by replacing unspecified files, which are executed when a user with physical access inserts a disk and the "Show Progress During Mount Scans" option is enabled.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.0 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.31% · top 76% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.0.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (8)
- http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2007.11.02.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1018890 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- symantec-av-mac-privilege-escalation(38229) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 27488 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 26253 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1018889 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ADV-2007-3698 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 40864 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_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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