CVE-2007-3749: Apple Mac OS X

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The kernel in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.10 does not reset the current Mach Thread Port or Thread Exception Port when executing a setuid program, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code by creating the port before launching the setuid program, then writing to the address space of the setuid process.

Affected products

• Apple Mac OS X: from 10.4.0, up to and including 10.4.10

Published 2007-11-15. Last modified 2026-06-16.