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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/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: 0.026 (84.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 84.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.026 · newest: 0.026 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Mac OS X — versions 10.5
- Apple Mac OS X Server — versions 10.5
References
- secunia.com/advisories/27695 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00004.html (vendor-advisory, Patch)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38479 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/26460 (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3897 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- docs.info.apple.com/article.html (Patch)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)