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Fencer Vulns
high 7.2

CVE-2007-0753 json

Format string vulnerability in the VPN daemon (vpnd) in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.9 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via t…

published 2007-05-24 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-0750

cvss
7.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 60%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

Format string vulnerability in the VPN daemon (vpnd) in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.9 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via the -i parameter.

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-30096)

Exploit prediction

0.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-30096 Apple Mac OSX 10.4.9 - VPND Local Format String local, 2007-05-29
  • EDB-4013 Apple Mac OSX < 2007-005 - 'vpnd' Local Privilege Escalation local, 2007-05-30

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-134 Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.