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Yet another macOS privacy protections bypass

Today I'm disclosing a macOS privacy protections bypass. I discovered that an application can use the venerable Unix command-line tool "ls" (list directory contents) to bypass both TCC (Transparency, Consent, and Control) and the sandbox, enabling unauthorized access to file metadata in directories that are supposed…
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Dec 1, 2020Yet another macOS privacy protections bypass by maxdesiatov32090

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