Unpatched bug in Mac OS X gives root access to untrusted people

Ars Technica
By Dan GoodinNov 5, 2014, 2:45 pm730 pts
An unpatched vulnerability in Yosemite and some earlier versions of Apple's Mac OS X allows untrusted people to take full control of users' machines, a security researcher has warned. Dubbed Rootpipe, the privilege escalation bug allows people to gain root access, a nearly unrestricted level of system…

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