CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-26225
8.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Deferred
- Published
- 2026-02-12
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
- 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/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
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
Description
Intego Personal Backup, a macOS backup utility that allows users to create scheduled backups and bootable system clones, contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Backup task definitions are stored in a location writable by non-privileged users while being processed with elevated privileges. By crafting a malicious serialized task file, a local attacker can trigger arbitrary file writes to sensitive system locations, leading to privilege escalation to root.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
References
- https://blog.quarkslab.com/intego_lpe_macos_1.html blog.quarkslab.com
- https://integosupport.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/40945636077467-Personal-Backup-X9-Release-Notes integosupport.zendesk.com
- https://www.intego.com/ www.intego.com
- https://www.intego.com/bootable-mac-backups www.intego.com
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/intego-personal-backup-task-file-privilege-escalation www.vulncheck.com