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OSX Local Root Privilege Escalation Exploit

ID: 5d5787de-585b-59e1-a5ce-726862e61e6e

STIX ID: report--5d5787de-585b-59e1-a5ce-726862e61e6e

Feed Name: TrustedSec blog

Threat Score
55/100

Date Published: 2025-03-19

Date Updated: 2026-05-01

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This report documents a local privilege escalation vulnerability in OS X versions up to 10.8.4 that abuses Date & Time handling and sudo to gain root. It provides references to a Metasploit module and includes a Python proof-of-concept that spawns a root reverse shell to an attacker-controlled listener, enabling local attackers to obtain privileged remote shells.

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