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Further Reading Bug in latest version of OS X gives attackers unfettered root privilegesAs Ars reported last week, the privilege-escalation bug stems from new error-logging features that Apple added to OS X 10.10. Ai Squared offers a low-vision product called ZoomText Mac.(check one with 'x') question any problem or bug report OS: (check one with 'x') Android iOS cordova information: (run > cordova plugin list) branch-cordova-sdk 3.0. Apple maintains strict restrictions on the operating system access they allow third-party vendors to use, so at present there is only one third-party screen accessibility product available for OS X. ZoomText Mac for Blind and Low Vision Apple Computer Access.

This post will be updated if researchers from Apple or elsewhere provide guidance or meaningful mitigation advice.Post updated in the headline and first paragraph to remove the word 'drive-by,' and to make clear the exploit is being used to install adware without a system password. Then again, navigating the Internet with a system known to be vulnerable to in-the-wild exploits is also risky. Ars advises readers to strongly investigate Esser's patch before installing it. While Esser is a respected security researcher and software developer, many people disapprove of updates that aren't explicitly sanctioned by the official developer. One is to install a mitigation Esser created.

However, an attacker will not care what vulnerabilities he uses, and from Windows we know that blended attacks are the *norm* - not the exception.With a privilege escalation bug like this - which gives *root* to the attacker, you are only one code execution vulnerability in Firefox away from being totally pwned - or whatever browser you are using. If I'm missing something and this is really a 'drive by attack' then please clarify that in the article.Correct, the bug in OS X is a privilege escalation bug. That doesn't appear to be the case here, this is a privilege escalation bug, the user first has to download a hostile installer that contains the root escalation bug.Setting Apple's gatekeeper mechanism to 'Allow apps downloaded from App store and identified developers' (which is the default) would entirely prevent this problem. Benjymouse Seniorius Lurkius jump to postArs Editors, can you either clarify this or modify your click-bait headline?A Drive By attack is one in which merely visiting a website can infect your machine.

Gatekeeper does not in any way protect you against bugs in software you have already installed. If an attacker manages to find just one such bug in Safari, Firefox or Chrome you are pwned.Are you one of those apologists that always claim that OS X is secure because it will always ask for password before installing? Guess what, with a bug like this, you will *not* be asked.Gatekeeper is just a verification mechanism for apps you download.

Read Apple Error Report For Os X Mac For Blind