CVE-2007-4693

Mac OS X 10.4-10.4.10 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

The SecurityAgent component in Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.10 allows attackers with physical access to bypass the authentication dialog of the screen saver and send keystrokes to a process, related to "handling of keyboard focus between secure text fields."

References (8)

[Vendor Advisory] http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041

[Patch] http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/27643

[US Government Resource] http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-319A.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38480

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26444

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://securitytracker.com/id?1018951

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3868

Scores

EPSS 0.0010

EPSS Percentile 26.8%

Classification

CWE

CWE-287

Status draft

Affected Products (20)

apple/mac_os_x

apple/mac_os_x

apple/mac_os_x

apple/mac_os_x

apple/mac_os_x

apple/mac_os_x

apple/mac_os_x

apple/mac_os_x

apple/mac_os_x

apple/mac_os_x

apple/mac_os_x_server

apple/mac_os_x_server

apple/mac_os_x_server

apple/mac_os_x_server

apple/mac_os_x_server

... and 5 more

Timeline

Published Nov 15, 2007

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026