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CVE-2007-4699
The default configuration of Safari in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.10 adds a private key to the keychain with permissions that allow…
High7.5EPSS 1.8%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
The default configuration of Safari in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.10 adds a private key to the keychain with permissions that allow other applications to access the key without warning the user, which might allow other applications to bypass intended access restrictions.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.8% · top 22% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- macosx-webkit-security-bypass(38485) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 26444 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2007-11-14 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1018948 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ADV-2007-3868 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 27643 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- TA07-319A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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