CVE-2026-26225 (GCVE-0-2026-26225)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-12 21:57 – Updated: 2026-05-12 01:46
VLAI
Title
Intego Personal Backup Task File Privilege Escalation
Summary
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.
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
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Intego Personal Backup Affected: 0 , ≤ 10.9.0 (semver)
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Credits
Mathieu Farrell of Quarkslab
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