Description
iBoysoft NTFS for Mac contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability in its privileged helper daemon ntfshelperd. The daemon exposes an NSConnection service that runs as root without implementing any authentication or authorization checks. This issue affects iBoysoft NTFS: 8.0.0.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Various Sources third-party-advisory
https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/cuarteto
Various Sources product
https://iboysoft.com/ntfs-for-mac/
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0017
EPSS Percentile
6.3%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-732
Status
published
Products (1)
iboysoft/ntfs_for_mac
8.0
Published
Mar 03, 2026
Tracked Since
Mar 03, 2026