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MAC-SUDO-CACHEPrivilege Escalation

sudo Cache Token Steal

On Apple Silicon prior to mitigation, a user-process could read /var/db/sudo/ts to reuse a fresh sudo timestamp for root without password.

§ Where this technique fits

MAC-SUDO-CACHE is catalogued under the Privilege Escalation tactic of the offensive-security kill-chain. It appears in 0 approved dossiers in the registry, typically.