CVE-2026-4556
HIGHCVSS 7.8Description
Exam4 is affected by a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the com.extegrity.LogTool privileged helper, which communicates with the application via XPC. The [ConsoleLogHelper copyConsoleIntoFileFromStartDate:] method executes a syslog command using attacker-controlled parameters without proper sanitization, enabling command injection. Successful exploitation allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges through LaunchSynchronous.
Timeline
Published:September 28th, 2026 3:17 PM
Last modified:September 29th, 2026 9:27 PM
CVSS Scoring
CVSS v3: 7.8 (HIGH)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Source: NIST NVD · Data may lag official sources by up to one minute