---
id: 4317
title: "Intego X9: Never trust my updates"
source_domain: blog.quarkslab.com
source_url: "https://blog.quarkslab.com/intego_lpe_macos_3.html"
published_at: "2026-03-19 23:00"
tags: ["vulnerability-research", "privilege-escalation", "macos", "vulnerability", "antivirus", "intego", "xpc", "toctou"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/4317"
lang: en
---

# Intego X9: Never trust my updates

## Summary

Part three of Quarkslab's Intego series: chaining an XPC authentication bypass in the com.intego.netupdated daemon with another flaw to reach root, highlighting weak validation in macOS XPC mechanisms.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** blog.quarkslab.com
- **Published:** 2026-03-19 23:00
- **Original:** https://blog.quarkslab.com/intego_lpe_macos_3.html
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/4317