Admin By Request PIN Derivation privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Admin By Request. This affects an unknown function of the component PIN Derivation. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-78236. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Admin By Request (affected version unknown). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component PIN Derivation. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An insecure PIN derivation mechanism in ABR allows a low-privileged user to escalate privileges to administrator by communicating over Cross-Process Communication (XPC) while masquerading as an Apple-signed process.

It is possible to read the advisory at csa.gov.sg. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-78236 since 08/24/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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CNA Base Score: 8.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/24/2026 CVE reserved
08/26/2026 +2 days Advisory disclosed
08/26/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/26/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: csa.gov.sg
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2026-78236 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-78236
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-395711

Entryinfo

Created: 08/26/2026 09:43
Changes: 08/26/2026 09:43 (59)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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