FKIE_CVE-2007-4693

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-11-15 01:46 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:44
Severity
Summary
The SecurityAgent component in Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.10 allows attackers with physical access to bypass the authentication dialog of the screen saver and send keystrokes to a process, related to "handling of keyboard focus between secure text fields."
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.htmlPatch
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/27643Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://securitytracker.com/id?1018951
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26444
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-319A.htmlUS Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3868
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38480
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.htmlPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/27643Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1018951
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26444
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-319A.htmlUS Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3868
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38480
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
apple mac_os_x 10.4.1
apple mac_os_x 10.4.2
apple mac_os_x 10.4.3
apple mac_os_x 10.4.4
apple mac_os_x 10.4.5
apple mac_os_x 10.4.6
apple mac_os_x 10.4.7
apple mac_os_x 10.4.8
apple mac_os_x 10.4.9
apple mac_os_x 10.4.10
apple mac_os_x_server 10.4.1
apple mac_os_x_server 10.4.2
apple mac_os_x_server 10.4.3
apple mac_os_x_server 10.4.4
apple mac_os_x_server 10.4.5
apple mac_os_x_server 10.4.6
apple mac_os_x_server 10.4.7
apple mac_os_x_server 10.4.8
apple mac_os_x_server 10.4.9
apple mac_os_x_server 10.4.10
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