More information here:

https://blog.malwarebytes.org/mac/2015/07/privilege-escalation-vulnerability-found-in-os-x/

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Fortunately, the bug only exists in Yosemite (OS X 10.10), while previous versions of OS X and betas of El Capitan (OS X 10.11) are unaffected.

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The bigger problem in this story is the fact that this vulnerability, along with all the necessary information to exploit it, was disclosed by Esser without any effort to alert Apple to the problem. (In his blog post revealing the vulnerability, Esser says “At the moment it is unclear if Apple knows about this security problem or not.”)

Oh, what a nice guy...


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