CVE-2007-3749
HIGH · CVSS 7.8EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD
The kernel in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.10 does not reset the current Mach Thread Port or Thread Exception Port when executing a setuid program, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code by creating the port before launching the setuid program, then writing to the address space of the setuid process.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.8 (v3.1)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-665
- EPSS score
- 0.5% (39th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-3733)
- Published
- November 15, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-3733 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / mac os x
References
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041(Broken Link)
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=630(Broken Link)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.html(Mailing List)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27643(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26444(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-319A.html(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3868(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38466(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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