Rootpipe
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rootpipe-252-1922892
title:
Rootpipe
text:
Rootpipe is a security vulnerability found in some versions of OS X that allows privilege escalation whereby a user with administrative rights, or a program executed by an administrative user, can obtain superuser (root) access. This is considered problematic as the first user account created under OS X is furnished with administrator rights by default. By leveraging other security vulnerabilities on a system, such as an unpatched web browser, rootpipe could be used by an attacker to help gain c
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Security vulnerability
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rootpipe
date created:
date modified:
2022-09-24T21:09:56Z
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