CVE-2007-4685: Apple Mac OS X

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The kernel in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.10 allows local users to gain privileges by executing setuid or setgid programs in which the stdio, stderr, or stdout file descriptors are "in an unexpected state."

Affected products

• Apple Mac OS X: version 10.4.1 only; version 10.4.2 only; version 10.4.3 only; version 10.4.4 only; version 10.4.5 only; version 10.4.6 only; …
• Apple Mac OS X Server: version 10.4.1 only; version 10.4.2 only; version 10.4.3 only; version 10.4.4 only; version 10.4.5 only; version 10.4.6 only; …

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