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A new vulnerability, already fixed in the new OS X.11 El Capitan, still exists in OS X.10.4 and the seeded OS X.10.5 Yosemite that allows user privilege escalation. There are no exploits in the wild yet, and if there are it requires physical possession of the target computer and Administrative access. Pretty much of a non-issue for most Mac users. — PING!
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2 posted on
07/22/2015 9:15:27 PM PDT by
Swordmaker
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To: Swordmaker
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it requires physical possession of the target computer and Administrative access. Okay, I'm stupid. I MUST be stupid because:
- Physical possession of a computer is GAME OVER for all computers. Period. That's common knowledge.
- Requires Administrative access, and THEN it "allows user privilege escalation"... you don't need an additional vuln. What am I not understanding here?
If you already have Admin access, you can do anything you want on the computer including give other normal users admin privilege.
Where's the story here?
3 posted on
07/22/2015 9:23:20 PM PDT by
dayglored
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To: Swordmaker
Help on version designations.
> till exists in OS X.10.4 and the seeded OS X.10.5 Yosemite
Don't you mean "OS X 10.10.4 and ... OS X 10.10.5 Yosemite"?
4 posted on
07/22/2015 9:25:54 PM PDT by
dayglored
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