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[Discuss] OSX Mavericks root exploit, and Safari
- Subject: [Discuss] OSX Mavericks root exploit, and Safari
- From: richard.pieri at gmail.com (Richard Pieri)
- Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2015 14:13:41 -0400
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On 4/17/2015 9:26 AM, Edward Ned Harvey (blu) wrote: > I'd like to alert people that OSX Mavericks has a root exploit that > will not be fixed. All Mac users must immediately update to Yosemite > in order to maintain any semblance of security. Cutting through the hyperbole.... It's a local privilege escalation vulnerability nicknamed rootpipe. It can be mitigated by doing one thing: don't run as an administrator account. Standard user accounts cannot be used to exploit this vulnerability. -- Rich P.
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