HIGH
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
Published Nov 15, 2007
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.79%
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.
Affected products
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.
10.0 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.79% 0.01786
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01786
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 (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.79% (0.01786) | 77.52th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.79% (0.01786) | 75.38th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.81% (0.00806) | 72.48th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.46% (0.01457) | 87.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 4, 2024 | 0.73% (0.00727) | 80.82th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 18, 2024 | 0.70% (0.00702) | 80.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 10, 2024 | 0.62% (0.00623) | 78.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 21, 2023 | 0.62% (0.00623) | 76.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.65% (0.00649) | 76.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 55.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 53.57th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 51.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 29.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
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_APPLE
- 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/26459 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3897 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38492 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_APPLE | |
| 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/26459 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3897 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38492 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 15, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Sep 5, 2007
Link CVE-2007-4704
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a