High 10.0Published Nov 15, 2007

CVE-2007-4703The 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,…

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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: 10.0 HIGH (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:L/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	10.5	NVD
apple mac_os_x_server apple:mac_os_x_server	10.5	NVD

References

References

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

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