A non-admin user in macOS High Sierra can approve a kernel module to be loaded with a single click, without providing their own or an administrator's credentials. Is this expected behavior?pic.twitter.com/fyyfacspix
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A non-admin user in macOS High Sierra can approve a kernel module to be loaded with a single click, without providing their own or an administrator's credentials. Is this expected behavior?pic.twitter.com/fyyfacspix
I'd already noticed that before but since I was on an admin account didn't think much of it.. I'd say that's a bug, like the App Store one
I've noticed a number of issues on both Windows and OSX/macOS that stem from always running as a non-admin user. I always though that "don't run as admin" was a standard infosec piece of advice, but based on what I've seen I doubt that it's a strategy that is widely used.
For all it's knocks, sudo is pretty awesome. If Windows RunAs/UAC cached credentials for a short time, I think more people would accept it.
And if you're talking Windows, it's still a big deal after the UAC. Because the UAC is not a security boundary, it does not make it safe to log in as an admin.
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