Mac OS X Security Issue – TruBlueEnvironment Privilege Escalation Attack Mac OS X

Mac OS X Security Issue – TruBlueEnvironment Privilege Escalation Attack

Computers running Mac OS X prior to 10.2.4 and unpatched contain a vulnerability that can be exploited to create files that can be run at elevated privileges because of the TruBlueEnvironment. Included is the security advisory covering the issue discovered by @Stake’s Dave. For those…

February 11, 2003 • 3 min read
Mac OS X Security Issue – TruBlueEnvironment Privilege Escalation Attack
Mac OS X

Mac OS X Security Issue – TruBlueEnvironment Privilege Escalation Attack

Computers running Mac OS X prior to 10.2.4 and unpatched contain a vulnerability that can be exploited to create files that can be run at elevated privileges because of the TruBlueEnvironment. Included is the security advisory covering the issue discovered by @Stake’s Dave. For those…

February 11, 2003 • 3 min read
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