CVEvulnerability

CVE-2007-3749

7.8 HIGH Published 2007-11-15 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2007-11-15
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-665

Description

The kernel in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.10 does not reset the current Mach Thread Port or Thread Exception Port when executing a setuid program, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code by creating the port before launching the setuid program, then writing to the address space of the setuid process.

Affected configurations

• apple mac os x (>= 10.4.0 <= 10.4.10)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-665 Improper Initialization weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)

  • CWE-665 Improper Initialization weakness

References