CVE-2007-3749 (GCVE-0-2007-3749)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2007-11-15 01:00
Modified
2024-08-07 14:28
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- n/a
Summary
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.
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