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Pro tip: You can log into macOS High Sierra as root with no password

 

 

Apple, this is bad – like Windows 95 bad

 

28th November 2017 By Shaun Nichols

 

 

A trivial-to-exploit flaw in macOS High Sierra, aka macOS 10.13, allows users to gain admin rights, or log in as root, without a password.

 

The security bug is triggered via the authentication dialog box in Apple’s operating system, which prompts you for an administrator’s username and password when you need to do stuff like configure privacy and network settings.

 

If you type in “root” as the username, leave the4 password box blank, hit “enter” and then click on unlock a few times, the prompt disappears and, congrats, you now have admin rights. You can do this from the user login screen.

 

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