CVE-2024-55968

EIP tracks 2 public exploits for CVE-2024-55968. PoCs published by Wi1DN00B, null-event.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This repository contains a writeup describing a local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability in the DTEX Event Forwarder agent for macOS. The vulnerability arises from insufficient client validation in the com.dtexsystems.helper XPC service, allowing unauthorized clients to escalate privileges to root via the DTConnectionHelperProtocol protocol's submitQuery method.

An issue was discovered in DTEX DEC-M (DTEX Forwarder) 6.1.1. The com.dtexsystems.helper service, responsible for handling privileged operations within the macOS DTEX Event Forwarder agent, fails to implement critical client validation during XPC interprocess communication (IPC). Specifically, the service does not verify the code requirements, entitlements, security flags, or version of any client attempting to establish a connection. This lack of proper logic validation allows malicious actors to exploit the service's methods via unauthorized client connections, and escalate privileges to root by abusing the DTConnectionHelperProtocol protocol's submitQuery method over an unauthorized XPC connection.