PT-2007-5841 · Apple · Macos X

Published 2007-11-15 · Updated 2017-07-29 · CVE-2007-4683

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Apple Mac OS X versions 10.4 through 10.4.10

Description: A directory traversal issue in the kernel allows local users to bypass the chroot mechanism by using a relative path when changing the current working directory.

Recommendations: For Apple Mac OS X versions 10.4 through 10.4.10, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue.

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-4683

Affected Products

Macos X

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4683 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27643 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3868 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-319A.html · Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.html · Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/26444 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1018950 · Note
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38467 · Note