EIP-2026-104561

PRE-CVE

Apple Mac OSX 10.x - DirectoryService Denial of Service

Title source: legacy
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-104561. PoCs published by Neeko Oni.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a PATH environment variable manipulation to escalate privileges to root on macOS X <= 10.2.4. It requires DirectoryService to be crashed prior to execution and manipulates the PATH to execute a malicious 'touch' binary with elevated privileges.

Description

Apple Mac OSX 10.x - DirectoryService Denial of Service

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Neeko Oni · cdososx
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/22483

This exploit leverages a PATH environment variable manipulation to escalate privileges to root on macOS X <= 10.2.4. It requires DirectoryService to be crashed prior to execution and manipulates the PATH to execute a malicious 'touch' binary with elevated privileges.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: macOS X DirectoryService <= 10.2.4
No auth needed
Prerequisites: DirectoryService must be crashed or killed prior to execution
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

Details

Status pre_cve
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026