Root privilege escalation via unvalidated XPC clients
Published Jun 10, 2025 · Updated Jun 11, 2025
Local privilege escalation in Archify 1.3.1 and earlier allows local users to invoke root-level operations through its XPC helper. The com.oct4pie.archifyhelper listener unconditionally accepts each NSXPCConnection without checking the client's code signature, entitlements, or signing flags. Any local process able to reach the installed helper can therefore delete files or change permissions as root, with no user interaction.
Summary
What happened
Local privilege escalation in Archify 1.3.1 and earlier allows local users to invoke root-level operations through its XPC helper. The com.oct4pie.archifyhelper listener unconditionally accepts each NSXPCConnection without checking the client's code signature, entitlements, or signing flags. Any local process able to reach the installed helper can therefore delete files or change permissions as root, with no user interaction.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-9062
- Published
- Jun 10, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 11, 2025
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- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-306, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Jun 10, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 11, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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