EIP-2026-104585

PRE-CVE

Apple Mac OSX 10.4.7 - fetchmail Privilege Escalation

Title source: legacy
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-104585. PoCs published by Kevin Finisterre.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a local privilege escalation vulnerability in fetchmail by manipulating the PATH environment variable to execute a malicious 'uname' binary. It gains a shell with elevated privileges (setgid=6).

Description

Apple Mac OSX 10.4.7 - fetchmail Privilege Escalation

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Kevin Finisterre · bashlocalosx
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2108

This exploit leverages a local privilege escalation vulnerability in fetchmail by manipulating the PATH environment variable to execute a malicious 'uname' binary. It gains a shell with elevated privileges (setgid=6).

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: fetchmail (version unspecified, likely older versions)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Local access to the system · fetchmail installed with setgid permissions
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

Details

Status pre_cve
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026