FKIE_CVE-2026-2637

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-03-03 15:16 - Updated: 2026-03-03 21:52
Severity ?
8.5 (High) - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Summary
iBoysoft NTFS for Mac contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability in its privileged helper daemon ntfshelperd. The daemon exposes an NSConnection service that runs as root without implementing any authentication or authorization checks. This issue affects iBoysoft NTFS: 8.0.0.
References
help@fluidattacks.comhttps://fluidattacks.com/advisories/cuarteto
help@fluidattacks.comhttps://iboysoft.com/ntfs-for-mac/
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      "value": "iBoysoft NTFS for Mac contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability in its privileged helper daemon ntfshelperd.\u00a0The daemon exposes an NSConnection service that runs as root without implementing any authentication or authorization checks.\n\nThis issue affects iBoysoft NTFS: 8.0.0."
    },
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      "value": "iBoysoft NTFS para Mac contiene una vulnerabilidad de escalada de privilegios local en su demonio auxiliar privilegiado ntfshelperd. El demonio expone un servicio NSConnection que se ejecuta como root sin implementar ninguna comprobaci\u00f3n de autenticaci\u00f3n o autorizaci\u00f3n.\n\nEste problema afecta a iBoysoft NTFS: 8.0.0."
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  "id": "CVE-2026-2637",
  "lastModified": "2026-03-03T21:52:29.877",
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  "published": "2026-03-03T15:16:20.950",
  "references": [
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      "source": "help@fluidattacks.com",
      "url": "https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/cuarteto"
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      "source": "help@fluidattacks.com",
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  "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis",
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