CVE-2007-0023
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9EPSS 1.6%EU EUVD
The CFUserNotificationSendRequest function in UserNotificationCenter.app in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8, when used in combination with diskutil, allows local users to gain privileges via a malicious InputManager in Library/InputManagers in a user's home directory, which is executed when Cocoa applications attempt to notify the user.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 1.6% (76th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-0027)
- Published
- January 24, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-0027 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / mac os x
References
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305102
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Feb/msg00000.html
- http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-22-01-2007.html(Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23846
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24198
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017542
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/315856(US Government Resource)
- http://www.osvdb.org/32695
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22188
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-047A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0074
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31676
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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