Description
Intego Log Reporter, a macOS diagnostic utility bundled with Intego security products that collects system and application logs for support analysis, contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A root-executed diagnostic script creates and writes files in /tmp without enforcing secure directory handling, introducing a time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition. A local unprivileged user can exploit a symlink-based race condition to cause arbitrary file writes to privileged system locations, resulting in privilege escalation to root.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intego | Log Reporter | ≤ 10.9.* | — |
References
- https://blog.quarkslab.com/intego_lpe_macos_1.html technical-description exploit
- https://www.intego.com/ product
- https://blog.quarkslab.com/resources/2026-02-10_intego_1/40945709530779-How-to-Use-the-Intego-Log-Reporter.pdf product
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/intego-log-reporter-toctou-local-privilege-escalation third-party-advisory