CVE-2007-4703 (GCVE-0-2007-4703)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-11-15 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 15:08
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/27695 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26460 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3897 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307004 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018958 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Date Public
2007-11-15 00:00
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