CVE-2007-0738 Auth bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2007-0738?

CVE-2007-0738 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 24 Apr 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Login Window in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.9 does not display the screen saver authentication dialog in certain circumstances when waking from sleep, even though the "require a password to wake the computer from sleep" option is enabled, which allows local users to bypass authentication controls.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-0738?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Mac Os X.

How do I fix CVE-2007-0738?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-0738 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2007-0738 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-0738 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-q345-75c2-92pq.