Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 13, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2007-0724
CVE-2007-0724
Description
The IOKit HID interface in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4 through 10.4.8 does not sufficiently limit access to certain controls, which allows local users to gain privileges by using HID device events to read keystrokes from the console.
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Affected products
20cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 10 more
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 10.3.9, 10.4-10.4.8
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 8 more
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
15- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
- docs.info.apple.com/article.htmlnvd
- docs.info.apple.com/article.htmlnvd
- lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/24479nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/24966nvd
- www.osvdb.org/34855nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/22948nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1470nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32973nvd
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