Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 24, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2007-0752
CVE-2007-0752
Description
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.
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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: = 10.4.8
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
9- labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.phpnvdVendor Advisory
- docs.info.apple.com/article.htmlnvd
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/25402nvd
- www.osvdb.org/35144nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/24144nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34503nvd
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