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Multiple Vulnerabilities in Apple Products Could Allow for Privilege Escalation

2026-04-01 · Read original ↗

ATT&CK techniques detected

6 predictions
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalation
98%
“, cve - 2026 - 20668, cve - 2026 - 28839, cve - 2026 - 28831, cve - 2026 - 28818, cve - 2026 - 20697, cve - 2026 - 28828, cve - 2026 - 20651, cve - 2026 - 28881, cve - 2026 - 20632, cve - 2026 - 28820, cve - 2026 - 28837 ) * an issue existed in curl which may result in unintentio…”
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalation
92%
“. 5 - macos tahoe versions prior to 26. 4 - ios and ipados versions prior to 26. 4 risk : government : businesses : home users : technical summary : multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in apple products, the most severe of which could allow for privilege escalation. det…”
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalation
91%
“##21 ) * an app may be able to gain root privileges. ( cve - 2026 - 28888 ) * an app may be able to determine kernel memory layout. ( cve - 2026 - 20695 ) * an app may be able to access protected user data. ( cve - 2026 - 20607, cve - 2026 - 28845 ) additional lower severity vuln…”
T1078.001Default Accounts
77%
“( m1026 : privileged account management ) o safeguard 4. 7 : manage default accounts on enterprise assets and software : manage default accounts on enterprise assets and software, such as root, administrator, and other pre - configured vendor accounts. example implementations can…”
T1553.001Gatekeeper Bypass
73%
“. ( cve - 2026 - 20657 ) * an app with root privileges may be able to delete protected system files. ( cve - 2026 - 28823 ) * an app may bypass gatekeeper checks. ( cve - 2026 - 20684 ) * a document may be written to a temporary file when using print preview. ( cve - 2026 - 28893…”
T1190Exploit Public-Facing Application
49%
“cve - 2026 - 20664, cve - 2026 - 28857, cve - 2026 - 28879 ) * a malicious website may be able to access script message handlers intended for other origins. ( cve - 2026 - 28861 ) * a malicious website may be able to process restricted web content outside the sandbox. ( cve - 202…”

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Apple products, the most severe of which could allow for privilege escalation. Successful exploitation of the most severe of these vulnerabilities could allow a user to elevate privileges. Depending on the privileges associated with the user, they may be able to modify protected system files.