Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2007-0739
The Login Window in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.9 displays the software update window beneath the loginwindow authentication dialog in certain circumstances related to running scheduled tasks, which allows local users to bypass authentication controls.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (31.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 31.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Mac OS X — versions 10.4, 10.4.1, 10.4.2
References
- secunia.com/advisories/24966 (third-party-advisory)
- docs.info.apple.com/article.html
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/23569 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.osvdb.org/34864 (vdb-entry)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1470 (vdb-entry)