{"id":"CVE-2007-4703","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2007-4703","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:32:59.611Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2007-11-15T20:46:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:44:37.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":10,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":[],"affected":["apple/mac os x","apple/mac os x server"],"epss":{"score":0.02591,"percentile":0.85193,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.59%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307004","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00004.html","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/27695","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://securitytracker.com/id?1018958","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26460","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3897","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38479","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307004","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00004.html","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/27695","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://securitytracker.com/id?1018958","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26460","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3897","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38479","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4703","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}