In-the-wild attack exploits unpatched OS X zero-day flaw | Nobody Is Perfect | Apple | Apple, Mac, MacOS, iOS4, iPad, iPhone and (in)security... | Scoop.it
From grahamcluley.com - August 4, 2015 7:12 AM
Last month, security researcher Stefan Esser published details and proof-of-concept code of a zero-day vulnerability in OS X Yosemite that could allow a hacker to easily escalate their privileges, and take complete control over Mac computers.

Esser chose not to contact Apple about the DYLD_PRINT_TO_FILE vulnerability - which remains currently unpatched in OS X Yosemite, despite it curiously being fixed in the beta version of the next iteration of OS X, El Capitan.

Now, security firm Malwarebytes has discovered an in-the-wild attack exploiting the vulnerability, where root permission is gained on the computer without a password being needed.


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