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Advisory"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26253","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://securitytracker.com/id?1018889","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_SECTRACK","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3698","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_VUPEN","x_transferred","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/40864","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_OSVDB","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5829"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h32x-cwv5-64xp"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2007-5829","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 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