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
Published Nov 15, 2007
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.59%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 10.5
- 10.5
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.59% (0.02591) | 84.75th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.59% (0.02591) | 83.23th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.66% (0.00664) | 69.48th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 28.56% (0.28556) | 96.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 3, 2024 | 43.19% (0.43192) | 97.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 26, 2024 | 35.60% (0.35602) | 97.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 18, 2024 | 8.33% (0.08325) | 94.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 4, 2024 | 3.55% (0.03553) | 91.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 18, 2024 | 2.45% (0.02453) | 89.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 21, 2023 | 2.18% (0.02183) | 88.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.02% (0.02021) | 87.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (7)
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307004 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00004.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27695 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018958 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26460 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3897 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38479 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307004 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00004.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEPatch | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/27695 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1018958 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26460 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3897 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38479 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.