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CVE-2007-4704
The Application Firewall in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 does not apply changed settings to processes that are started by launchd until the…
High10.0EPSS 1.8%
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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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.8% · top 22% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- 27695 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2007-11-15 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- ADV-2007-3897 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307004 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1018958 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- macosx-appfw-launchd-bypass(38492) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 26459 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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