CVE-2026-2637 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in iBoysoft NTFS for Mac version 8.0.0. The flaw lies in the ntfshelperd privileged helper daemon, which operates as root and lacks authentication or authorization for its NSConnection service. This allows a local attacker to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. Currently, there is no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:iboysoft:ntfs_for_mac:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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