Medium 6.9Published Mar 13, 2007

CVE-2007-0724The IOKit HID interface in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4 through 10.4.8 does not sufficiently limit access to certain controls, which allows local users to gain privileges by using HID device events…

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The IOKit HID interface in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4 through 10.4.8 does not sufficiently limit access to certain controls, which allows local users to gain privileges by using HID device events to read keystrokes from the console.

CVSS: 6.9 MEDIUM (v2.0, NVD)AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

apple mac_os_x apple:mac_os_x	10.3.9; 10.4; 10.4.1; 10.4.2; 10.4.3; 10.4.4; 10.4.5; 10.4.6; and 2 more ranges	NVD
apple mac_os_x_server apple:mac_os_x_server	10.4; 10.4.1; 10.4.2; 10.4.3; 10.4.4; 10.4.5; 10.4.6; 10.4.7; and 1 more ranges	NVD

References

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html	patch, vendor-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24479
http://secunia.com/advisories/24966
http://www.osvdb.org/34855
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22948
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017751
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017942
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