CVE-2007-4709

View on CVE.org

Published Dec 19, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 8.8 High EPSS 3.1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in CFNetwork in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.1 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a crafted HTTP response.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-4691	Directory traversal vulnerability in CFNetwork in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.1 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a crafted HTTP response.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 3.1% (3.129% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/28136
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019106
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26910
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39093

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Apple Mac Os X

Weaknesses

CWE-22

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 3:08 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Dec 19, 2007, 9:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 3:08 PM
Reserved: Sep 5, 2007, 12:00 AM

View source JSON

Vulnrichment No data

No data.

NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:44 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 19, 2007, 9:46 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:44 PM

View source JSON

Red Hat No data

No data.

OpenCVE enrichment No data

No data.

{"containers": {"cna": {"affected": [{"product": "n/a", "vendor": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "datePublic": "2007-12-17T00:00:00.000Z", "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Directory traversal vulnerability in CFNetwork in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.1 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a crafted HTTP response."}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"description": "n/a", "lang": "en", "type": "text"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"dateUpdated": "2017-07-28T12:57:01.000Z", "orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "shortName": "mitre"}, "references": [{"name": "ADV-2007-4238", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_VUPEN"], "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238"}, {"name": "TA07-352A", "tags": ["third-party-advisory", "x_refsource_CERT"], "url": "http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html"}, {"name": "28136", "tags": ["third-party-advisory", "x_refsource_SECUNIA"], "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/28136"}, {"name": "26910", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_BID"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26910"}, {"name": "1019106", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_SECTRACK"], "url": "http://securitytracker.com/id?1019106"}, {"name": "macos-cfnetwork-directory-traversal(39093)", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_XF"], "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39093"}, {"name": "APPLE-SA-2007-12-17", "tags": ["vendor-advisory", "x_refsource_APPLE"], "url": "http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM"], "url": "http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179"}], "x_legacyV4Record": {"CVE_data_meta": {"ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2007-4709", "STATE": "PUBLIC"}, "affects": {"vendor": {"vendor_data": [{"product": {"product_data": [{"product_name": "n/a", "version": {"version_data": [{"version_value": "n/a"}]}}]}, "vendor_name": "n/a"}]}}, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": {"description_data": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "Directory traversal vulnerability in CFNetwork in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.1 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a crafted HTTP response."}]}, "problemtype": {"problemtype_data": [{"description": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "n/a"}]}]}, "references": {"reference_data": [{"name": "ADV-2007-4238", "refsource": "VUPEN", "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238"}, {"name": "TA07-352A", "refsource": "CERT", "url": "http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html"}, {"name": "28136", "refsource": "SECUNIA", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/28136"}, {"name": "26910", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26910"}, {"name": "1019106", "refsource": "SECTRACK", "url": "http://securitytracker.com/id?1019106"}, {"name": "macos-cfnetwork-directory-traversal(39093)", "refsource": "XF", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39093"}, {"name": "APPLE-SA-2007-12-17", "refsource": "APPLE", "url": "http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html"}, {"name": "http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179"}]}}}, "adp": [{"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-07T15:08:32.828Z"}, "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [{"name": "ADV-2007-4238", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_VUPEN", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238"}, {"name": "TA07-352A", "tags": ["third-party-advisory", "x_refsource_CERT", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html"}, {"name": "28136", "tags": ["third-party-advisory", "x_refsource_SECUNIA", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/28136"}, {"name": "26910", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_BID", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26910"}, {"name": "1019106", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_SECTRACK", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://securitytracker.com/id?1019106"}, {"name": "macos-cfnetwork-directory-traversal(39093)", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_XF", "x_transferred"], "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39093"}, {"name": "APPLE-SA-2007-12-17", "tags": ["vendor-advisory", "x_refsource_APPLE", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179"}]}]}, "cveMetadata": {"assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "assignerShortName": "mitre", "cveId": "CVE-2007-4709", "datePublished": "2007-12-19T21:00:00.000Z", "dateReserved": "2007-09-05T00:00:00.000Z", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-07T15:08:32.828Z", "state": "PUBLISHED"}, "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1"}

{"affected": [{"affectedData": [{"product": "n/a", "vendor": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "source": "cve@mitre.org"}], "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "3F3E721C-00CA-4D51-B542-F2BC5C0D65BF", "vulnerable": true}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}]}], "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Directory traversal vulnerability in CFNetwork in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.1 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a crafted HTTP response."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "Vulnerabilidad de cruce de directorios en CFNetwork de Apple Mac OS X 10.5.1, Permite que atacantes remotos sobreescriban ficheros a su elecci\u00f3n, a trav\u00e9s de una respuesta HTTP"}], "id": "CVE-2007-4709", "lastModified": "2026-06-16T22:44:37.917", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV2": [{"acInsufInfo": false, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "cvssData": {"accessComplexity": "MEDIUM", "accessVector": "NETWORK", "authentication": "NONE", "availabilityImpact": "NONE", "baseScore": 8.8, "confidentialityImpact": "COMPLETE", "integrityImpact": "COMPLETE", "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N", "version": "2.0"}, "exploitabilityScore": 8.6, "impactScore": 9.2, "obtainAllPrivilege": false, "obtainOtherPrivilege": false, "obtainUserPrivilege": false, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary", "userInteractionRequired": true}]}, "published": "2007-12-19T21:46:00.000", "references": [{"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/28136"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://securitytracker.com/id?1019106"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26910"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["US Government Resource"], "url": "http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39093"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/28136"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://securitytracker.com/id?1019106"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26910"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["US Government Resource"], "url": "http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39093"}], "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-22"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}