CVE-2007-0739

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-04-24 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The Login Window in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.9 displays the software update window beneath the loginwindow authentication dialog in certain circumstances related to running scheduled tasks, which allows local users to bypass authentication controls.

Affected products

macOS: 10.4, 10.4.1, 10.4.2, 10.4.3, 10.4.4, 10.4.5 (+4)

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/24966
http://www.osvdb.org/34864
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23569
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017939
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1470
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/24966
http://www.osvdb.org/34864

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