Latest version of OS X closes Backdoor-like bug that gives attackers root

Ars Technica
By Dan GoodinApr 9, 2015, 4:50 pm1.3k ptsTrending
For at least four years, a bug in Apple's OS X gave untrusted users—and possibly remote hackers with only limited control of their target—unfettered "root" privileges over Macs. The vulnerability is being called a "hidden backdoor" by Emil Kvarnhammar, the security researcher who discovered the bug and…

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