vendor:
OS X
by:
Stefan Esser
7.2
CVSS
HIGH
Local Privilege Escalation
264
CWE
Product Name: OS X
Affected Version From: OS X 10.10
Affected Version To: OS X 10.10.4
Patch Exists: NO
Related CWE: N/A
CPE: N/A
Metasploit:
N/A
Other Scripts:
N/A
Tags: N/A
CVSS Metrics: N/A
Nuclei References:
N/A
Nuclei Metadata: N/A
Platforms Tested: OS X
2015
DYLD_PRINT_TO_FILE Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
This exploit is for the DYLD_PRINT_TO_FILE local privilege escalation vulnerability in OS X 10.10 - 10.10.4. It copies files around with root permissions, overwrites them and deletes them afterwards. Any glitch could corrupt the system.
Mitigation:
Install the KEXT from https://github.com/sektioneins/SUIDGuard as protection.