CVE-2007-4683 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2007-4683?

CVE-2007-4683 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 15 Nov 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the kernel in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.10 allows local users to bypass the chroot mechanism via a relative path when changing the current working directory.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-4683?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Mac Os X.

How do I fix CVE-2007-4683?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-4683 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2007-4683 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-4683 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-q6w7-h4px-vqcm.