Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2007-4686
Integer signedness error in the ttioctl function in bsd/kern/tty.c in the xnu kernel in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.10 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system shutdown) or gain privileges via a crafted TIOCSETD ioctl request.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (28.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 29th percentile — 28.7% 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 10.4.1, 10.4.2, 10.4.3
- Apple Mac OS X Server — versions 10.4.1, 10.4.2, 10.4.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2007-001.txt
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483753/100/200/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/26444 (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38470 (vdb-entry)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.html (vendor-advisory, Patch)
- docs.info.apple.com/article.html
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3868 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/27643 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-319A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)