CVEvulnerability

CVE-2007-4702

9.3 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 2.0 ([email protected])
9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

The Application Firewall in Apple Mac OS X 10.5, when "Block all incoming connections" is enabled, does not prevent root processes or mDNSResponder from accepting connections, which might allow remote attackers or local root processes to bypass intended access restrictions.

Affected configurations

• apple mac os x 10.5 • apple mac os x server 10.5

References