National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-4703

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2007-11-15

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00004.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307004

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307004

External Source: XF

Name: macosx-appfw-rootuid-bypass(38479)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/38479

External Source: BID

Name: 26460

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26460

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-3897

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2007/3897

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1018958

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1018958

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 27695

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27695