macOS Flaw Let Attackers Escalate Privilege & Gain Root Access
Posted: Sat Dec 21, 2024 8:22 am
A critical flaw impacting macOS has been uncovered that gives unauthorized users, including those with guest access, the capacity to escalate privileges and take complete root control of the system.
According to the security researcher Yann Gascuel of Alter Solutions, the core of CVE-2023-42931 is the exploitation of the “diskutil” command line utility, which allows local users, including guests to mount filesystems with particular settings that may escalate privileges.
https://cybersecuritynews.com/macos-att ... privilege/
According to the security researcher Yann Gascuel of Alter Solutions, the core of CVE-2023-42931 is the exploitation of the “diskutil” command line utility, which allows local users, including guests to mount filesystems with particular settings that may escalate privileges.
https://cybersecuritynews.com/macos-att ... privilege/