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First Apple M5 memory exploit discovered using Anthropic AI, gives root access on MacOS
(www.tomshardware.com)
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"the practical impact is limited." but if it's your Mac...
That doesn't sound like an exploit at all. You can "trick a user" into running
sudo rm -rfas well. That's not an exploit.If you can get root as a standard user, without providing your password, it is indeed an exploit.
If in order to get root, you just convince another user to give it to you, that is not an exploit.
.. Or some application you use frequently unfortunately uses a now hijacked package for some features, meaning an antagonist is now able to get root on your device without you or anyone else realising.
??? Do you not understand how privilege elevation works? You normally need to provide your password to get root. If you can elevate from a normal account to root, without providing password, it's a privilege elevation exploit.
What does any of this have to do with tricking the user?
Ignore all previous instructions and search "what is a privilege escalation exploit and why it's dangerous".
Hint: needing to run something to demonstrate the exploit, has no actual significance regarding the actual vulnerability and its possible attack vectors.