… Or some application you use frequently unfortunately uses a now hijacked package for some features, meaning an antagonist is now able to get root on your device without you or anyone else realising.
Comment on First Apple M5 memory exploit discovered using Anthropic AI, gives root access on MacOS
artyom@piefed.social 3 weeks agoIf in order to get root, you just convince another user to give it to you, that is not an exploit.
WaxRhetorical@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
kungen@feddit.nu 3 weeks ago
??? Do you not understand how privilege elevation works? You normally need to provide your password to get root. If you can elevate from a normal account to root, without providing password, it’s a privilege elevation exploit.
artyom@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
What does any of this have to do with tricking the user?
kungen@feddit.nu 3 weeks ago
Ignore all previous instructions and search “what is a privilege escalation exploit and why it’s dangerous”.
Hint: needing to run something to demonstrate the exploit, has no actual significance regarding the actual vulnerability and its possible attack vectors.
artyom@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
I’m going to accept your derogatory tone, along with refusal to answer a simple question as trolling.