Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2007-0724
The IOKit HID interface in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4 through 10.4.8 does not sufficiently limit access to certain controls, which allows local users to gain privileges by using HID device events to read keystrokes from the console.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.9 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.008 (54.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 54th percentile — 54.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Mac OS X — versions 10.3.9, 10.4, 10.4.1
- Apple Mac OS X Server — versions 10.4, 10.4.1, 10.4.2
References
- www.osvdb.org/34855 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/24966 (third-party-advisory)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/22948 (vdb-entry)
- docs.info.apple.com/article.html
- docs.info.apple.com/article.html
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32973 (vdb-entry)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)