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GHSA-85JH-JP4R-37R3

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-03 15:31 – Updated: 2026-03-03 15:31

Details

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.

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

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CVE-2026-2637 (GCVE-0-2026-2637)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-03 14:04 – Updated: 2026-03-03 14:35

Summary

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

CWE

CWE-732 - Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

Assigner

Fluid Attacks

References

URL

Tags

	https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/cuarteto	third-party-advisory
	https://iboysoft.com/ntfs-for-mac/	product

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	iBoysoft	iBoysoft NTFS	Affected: 8.0.0

Credits

Oscar Uribe

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Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-85JH-JP4R-37R3

CVE-2026-2637 (GCVE-0-2026-2637)

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