---
id: 8728
title: "task_t considered harmful"
source_domain: projectzero.google
source_url: "https://projectzero.google/2016/10/taskt-considered-harmful.html"
published_at: "2016-10-25T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["privilege-escalation", "sandbox-escape", "macos", "ios", "kernel", "xnu", "project-zero"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/8728"
lang: en
---

# task_t considered harmful

## Summary

A Project Zero deep dive into a design flaw around task_t in the XNU kernel, demonstrating sandbox escapes and privilege escalation and how each mitigation was defeated.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** projectzero.google
- **Published:** 2016-10-25T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://projectzero.google/2016/10/taskt-considered-harmful.html
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/8728