CVE-2007-0752
The PPP daemon (pppd) in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 checks ownership of the stdin file descriptor to determine if the invoker has sufficient privileges, which...
- Published
- May 24, 2007
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- May 25, 2007
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 52.1%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
The PPP daemon (pppd) in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 checks ownership of the stdin file descriptor to determine if the invoker has sufficient privileges, which allows local users to load arbitrary plugins and gain root privileges by bypassing this check.
Sources
1qaaz · osx · May 25, 2007
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