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Hacking a Mac 'just works', says researcher
News Suid stands for "set user ID" and is used to temporarily elevate privileges to perform a specific task such as running executables. During his presentation, 'Hacking Leopard: Tools and techniques for attacking the newest Mac OS X', at the recent... [14 Aug 2007]
Apple fixes 'hack-a-Mac hole'
News Version 1.1 of the 2007-004 patch repairs a couple of problems with the original fix, which may cause wireless connections to drop and allow limited FTP users access beyond their privileges on an Apple FTPServer, Apple said in another alert. [02 May 2007]
Apple issues OS X mega-patch
News Other holes are limited and could only be exploited to crash a Mac or used by somebody who already has access to a machine to elevate privileges, for example. Apple has issued a security update for its Mac OS X to plug 45 security holes, including... [14 Mar 2007]
Warning over "critical" QuickTime hole
News LMH, the alias of one of the two security researchers behind the Month of the Apple Bugs, said: "The risk is having your system compromised by a remote attacker, who can perform any operation under privileges of your user account. [03 Jan 2007]
Mac OS X gets an unwelcome visitor
News It is especially interesting since it doesn't require administrative privileges to nestle itself on the computers, said F-Secure. A new adware program silently installs on Mac OS X systems and opens web browser windows, according to F-Secure. [28 Nov 2006]
Windows Vista Feature Focus: User Account Control
White Paper Now, even administrators will typically run most applications and system services with Standard User privileges by default, providing a smaller "Attack surface" for electronic attacks and increasing the overall security of the system. [22 Nov 2006]
"Highly critical" Mac OS X kernel hole unearthed
News In addition to being used to compromise a computer, the flaw could be exploited by malicious local users to gain escalated privileges to the system, the security company said. A security researcher has published attack code for an unpatched flaw in... [22 Nov 2006]
Mac OS X exploit in the wild
News The code takes advantage of a weakness in core parts of Mac OS X and could let a user gain additional privileges. The vulnerability could be exploited by a local attacker or someone with privileges to remotely log on to a machine. [03 Oct 2006]
Apple plugs 26 holes in OS X
News A handful of flaws related to file sharing, handled by the Mac OS X AFP server, could expose user data or let a malicious user gain elevated privileges a system running Mac OS X or cause a crash, Apple said. [03 Aug 2006]
Second hack-my-Mac compo goes ballistic
News This is an important distinction, because if you have local - or physical - access to a computer, you have a very distinct leg-up in terms of the ability to escalate your privileges. A senior systems engineer at the University of Wisconsin on... [08 Mar 2006]
Minority Report: Mac OS X virus scares
Comment In OS X, images open by default in an application called Preview and don't require admin privileges to open. Secunia claims the vulnerability can also be exploited automatically via the Mac's default Safari browser when visiting a malicious website. [03 Mar 2006]
The Minority Report: The state of Mac OS X security
Comment With administrative privileges, the attacker would have full control over the Mac. According to an alert posted on the Full Disclosure mailing lists, an attacker could write a malicious widget that would run invisibly in the background and hijack a... [03 Jun 2005]
Apple: Widget worries persist
News An attacker could write a malicious widget for Mac OS X 1.4 Tiger that would run invisibly in the background and hijack a user's "sudo" (or administrative) privileges on a system, according to an alert distributed on the Full Disclosure mailing... [23 May 2005]
Apple decision put on hold
News EFF attorney Kurt Opsahl said: "Apple is saying that trade secrets are an exception to reporters' privileges. Lawyers for Apple and a trio of Mac enthusiast websites met in court in San Jose, California, on Friday in a case that could have wide... [07 Mar 2005]
Mac OS X flaws exposed
News The problem with that, according to @Stake, is it allows attackers with limited access to the system to replace program files with files of their choice, thus obtaining "additional privileges from unsuspecting users, who may run the replaced... [29 Oct 2003]
