EIP-2026-104579

PRE-CVE

Apple Mac OSX 10.10 - 'DYLD_PRINT_TO_FILE' Local Privilege Escalation

Title source: legacy
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-104579. PoCs published by Stefan Esser.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages the DYLD_PRINT_TO_FILE environment variable vulnerability in OS X 10.10 - 10.10.4 to achieve local privilege escalation by overwriting a SUID binary with malicious code. It uses crontab -e to trigger the vulnerability and replace /usr/bin/newgrp with a SUID root shell.

Description

Apple Mac OSX 10.10 - 'DYLD_PRINT_TO_FILE' Local Privilege Escalation

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Stefan Esser · bashlocalosx
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37670

This exploit leverages the DYLD_PRINT_TO_FILE environment variable vulnerability in OS X 10.10 - 10.10.4 to achieve local privilege escalation by overwriting a SUID binary with malicious code. It uses crontab -e to trigger the vulnerability and replace /usr/bin/newgrp with a SUID root shell.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: OS X 10.10 - 10.10.4
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Local access to the target system · Crontab access
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →

Details

Status pre_cve
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026