CVE-2007-4703

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-11-15 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

macOS: 10.5
Apple Mac Os X Server: 10.5

References

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

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