EIP-2026-104586

PRE-CVE

Apple Mac OSX 10.4.8 - System Preferences Privilege Escalation

Title source: legacy
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-104586. PoCs published by MoAB.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This Ruby script exploits a local privilege escalation vulnerability in macOS by manipulating the System Preferences application to execute arbitrary code as root. It compiles and plants a setuid root shell in /tmp, then triggers execution via the Sharing preference pane.

Description

Apple Mac OSX 10.4.8 - System Preferences Privilege Escalation

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by MoAB · rubylocalosx
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3173

This Ruby script exploits a local privilege escalation vulnerability in macOS by manipulating the System Preferences application to execute arbitrary code as root. It compiles and plants a setuid root shell in /tmp, then triggers execution via the Sharing preference pane.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: macOS (unspecified version, likely 10.4.x)
Auth required
Prerequisites: Local user access · GUI interaction (clicking Sharing preference pane)
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →

Details

Status pre_cve
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026