CVE-2007-4704

N/A Unknown

Published: November 15, 2007 Modified: April 23, 2026

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307004

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00004.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/27695

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://securitytracker.com/id?1018958

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26459

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3897

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38492

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307004