---
id: 5091
title: "Daemon Ex Plist: LPE via MacOS Daemons"
source_domain: swarm.ptsecurity.com
source_url: "https://swarm.ptsecurity.com/daemon-ex-plist-lpe-via-macos-daemons/"
published_at: "2025-07-17T15:11:23Z"
tags: ["macos", "local-privilege-escalation", "launchd", "plist", "daemons"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/5091"
lang: en
---

# Daemon Ex Plist: LPE via MacOS Daemons

## Summary

A deep dive into macOS launchd Agents and Daemons: plist loading mechanisms, directory trust levels, and a defect the author used to demonstrate a local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** swarm.ptsecurity.com
- **Published:** 2025-07-17T15:11:23Z
- **Original:** https://swarm.ptsecurity.com/daemon-ex-plist-lpe-via-macos-daemons/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/5091