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.

CVSS v2.0 10.0 HIGH

10.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00004.html	Patch
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307004	Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26460
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018958
http://secunia.com/advisories/27695	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3897	Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38479

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5:::::::*

Information

Published : 2007-11-15 12:46

Updated : 2017-07-28 18:33

NVD link : CVE-2007-4703

Mitre link : CVE-2007-4703

JSON object : View

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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Products Affected

apple

mac_os_x
mac_os_x_server

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