{
    "id": "CVE-2007-6165",
    "published": "2007-11-29 01:46:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 22:47:31",
    "cvss_score": "9.3",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C",
    "cwe": "CWE-20",
    "description": "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.44746",
    "epss_percentile": "0.98732",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-27 18:17:07",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "apple",
            "product": "mac_os_x"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "16870",
            "title": "Apple Mail.app - Image Attachment Command Execution (Metasploit)",
            "date": "2011-03-05",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16870"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "30781",
            "title": "Apple Mac OSX 10.5.x - Mail Arbitrary Code Execution",
            "date": "2007-11-20",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/30781"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "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",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/28136",
        "http://securitytracker.com/id?1019106",
        "http://www.heise-security.co.uk/news/99257",
        "http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/433819",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26510",
        "http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html",
        "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3958",
        "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238",
        "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",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/28136",
        "http://securitytracker.com/id?1019106",
        "http://www.heise-security.co.uk/news/99257",
        "http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/433819",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26510",
        "http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html",
        "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3958",
        "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238"
    ]
}