PT-2007-1517 · Apple · Ichat

Published 2007-01-23 · Updated 2017-07-29 · CVE-2007-0021

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple iChat version 3.1.6

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a null pointer dereference and application crash, and possibly execute arbitrary code. This is achieved via format string specifiers in an aim:// URI.

Recommendations For Apple iChat version 3.1.6, consider avoiding the use of aim:// URIs with format string specifiers until a fix is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to aim:// URIs to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-0021

Affected Products

Ichat

References · 13

• 🔥 http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-20-01-2007.html · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/3166 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-0021 · Security Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Feb/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1017661 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/32715 · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/794752 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/22146 · Note
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305102 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-047A.html · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24198 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31679 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0274 · Note