{"cve":"CVE-2007-5829","nvd":{"published":"2007-11-05T19:46:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:46:54.383","status":"Modified","description":"The Disk Mount scanner in Symantec AntiVirus for Macintosh 9.x and 10.x, Norton AntiVirus for Macintosh 10.0 and 10.1, and Norton Internet Security for Macintosh 3.x, uses a directory with weak permissions (group writable), which allows local admin users to gain root privileges by replacing unspecified files, which are executed when a user with physical access inserts a disk and the \"Show Progress During Mount Scans\" option is enabled.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-264"],"references":["http://osvdb.org/40864","http://secunia.com/advisories/27488","http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2007.11.02.html","http://securitytracker.com/id?1018889","http://securitytracker.com/id?1018890"],"products":["symantec:norton_antivirus","symantec:norton_internet_security"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:48:28.501292361+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2007-5829","score":0.00309,"percentile":0.23747,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}