Vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X
CVE-2007-4703
The Application Firewall in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 does not prevent a root process from accepting incoming connections, even when "Block incoming connections" has been set for its associated executable, which might allow remote attackers or local root processes to bypass intended access restrictions.
EPSS: 0.026 (83.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Apple Mac_os_x — versions 10.5
- Apple Mac_os_x_server — versions 10.5
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE, Patch)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)