CVE-2007-6165

Exp

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.

Published: 2007-11-29 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2007-6165 is rated High Exploit Risk (91.7/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 44.75%, 99th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +6.19% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2007-6165

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16870 exploit_db edb 2011-03-05 Exploit-DB ↗
30781 exploit_db edb 2007-11-20 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-6165

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 38.55% 44.75% +6.19%
2 2025-03-17 31.14% 38.55% +7.42%
3 2024-12-17 — 31.14% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-6165

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-6165

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-6165

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apple mac_os_x 10.5 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-6165

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