CVE-2007-4703
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 2.6%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 2.6% (85th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-4685)
- 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-2007-4685 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x server
References
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307004(Patch)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00004.html(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27695(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018958
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26460
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3897(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38479
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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