CVE-2007-4704

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% 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 apply changed settings to processes that are started by launchd until the processes are restarted, which might allow attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.

Affected products

macOS: 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/26459
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3897
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38492
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/26459

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