CVE-2007-0345

6.8 MEDIUM 0.4% exploit odds No fix listed

What it is

The (1) Activity Monitor.app/Contents/Resources/pmTool, (2) Keychain Access.app/Contents/Resources/kcproxy, and (3) ODBC Administrator.app/Contents/Resources/iodbcadmintool programs in /Applications/Utilities/ in Mac OS X 10.4.8 have weak permissions (writable by admin group), which allows local admin users to gain root privileges by modifying a program and then performing permissions repair via diskutil.

At a glance

Exploitability: Can be exploited locally on the machine with a login. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
Exploit odds: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
Fix: No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.

Timeline

2007-01-18 02:28 UTC PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
2026-06-16 22:35 UTC Last updatedMost recent change to the record

Why it ranks here

Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
Exploit odds: 0.4% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
Severity: 6.8 MEDIUM (CVSS).
Fix: none linked yet, which raises it.

Details

Published: 2007-01-18 02:28 UTC
Last modified: 2026-06-16 22:35 UTC
Exploit probability: 0.4% · EPSS, next 30 days
Record status: Modified

Affected

Apple Mac Os X 10.4.8

Attack profile CVSS 2.0 · 6.8

Attack vector: Local
Complexity: Low
Authentication: Single
Confidentiality: Complete
Integrity: Complete
Availability: Complete

Raw vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

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References

NVD record · CVE.org record