CVE-2007-0023 Information

Description

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.

Reference

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 http://secunia.com/advisories/23846 http://secunia.com/advisories/24198 http://securitytracker.com/id?1017542 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/315856 http://www.osvdb.org/32695 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22188 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-047A.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0074 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31676