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August 5, 2015

Apple will patch the DYLD bug in its next OS X release

by John_A

NSA Big Data

Apple will patch the dangerous DYLD “privilege escalation” bug in its next OS release, Mac OS X 10.10.5, The Guardian reports. The DYLD bug allows a program to run with administrator access but without requiring an admin-level password. And unlike the Thunderstrike 2 worm, which has already been partially patched, the DYLD bug has been both spotted in the wild and remains unaddressed at this time.

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The Guardian

Tags: apple, bugs, DYLD, infection, privilegeescalation, security, Thunderstrike2

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