High 9.3Published Nov 28, 2007

CVE-2007-6165Mail 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…

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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.

CVSS: 9.3 HIGH (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-20, CWE-264
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

apple mac_os_x apple:mac_os_x	10.5	NVD

References

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/27785	vendor-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28136	vendor-advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019106
http://www.heise-security.co.uk/news/99257	vendor-advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/433819	us-government-resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26510	exploit
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html	us-government-resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3958	vendor-advisory
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