Mac users, beware — the ads you see on the Web could let hackers hijack your device.
Malwarebytes has discovered a new zero-day exploit in OS X that lets apps bypass passwords during installation to get root permission through a Unix shell. A new adware installer downloaded by a Malwarebytes researcher modified his sudoers file — a hidden Unix file that controls access to root permissions. The script exploited the DYLD_Print_To_File vulnerability publicized last month by German security researcher Stefan Esser.
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OS X Zero-Day Exploit Threatens Massive Mac Attack
Posted by: Richard Adhikari August 4, 2015 02:20 PMMac users, beware — the ads you see on the Web could let hackers hijack your device.
Malwarebytes has discovered a new zero-day exploit in OS X that lets apps bypass passwords during installation to get root permission through a Unix shell. A new adware installer downloaded by a Malwarebytes researcher modified his sudoers file — a hidden Unix file that controls access to root permissions. The script exploited the DYLD_Print_To_File vulnerability publicized last month by German security researcher Stefan Esser.