EIP-2026-104596

PRE-CVE

Dropbox < 3.3.x - OSX FinderLoadBundle Privilege Escalation

Title source: legacy
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-104596. PoCs published by cenobyte.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a vulnerability in Dropbox's FinderLoadBundle on OS X, where a hard link to the setuid root binary allows loading a malicious shared library from a user-controlled directory, resulting in local privilege escalation to root.

Description

Dropbox < 3.3.x - OSX FinderLoadBundle Privilege Escalation

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by cenobyte · bashlocalosx
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38360

This exploit leverages a vulnerability in Dropbox's FinderLoadBundle on OS X, where a hard link to the setuid root binary allows loading a malicious shared library from a user-controlled directory, resulting in local privilege escalation to root.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Dropbox for Mac (versions 1.5.6, 1.6-7.*, 2.1-11.*, 3.0.*, 3.1.*, 3.3.*)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Xcode for compilation · Dropbox installed with vulnerable FinderLoadBundle · Local access to the target system
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →

Details

Status pre_cve
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026