8.5
HIGH CVSS 4.0
CVE-2026-26224
Intego Log Reporter TOCTOU Local Privilege Escalation
Description

Intego Log Reporter, a macOS diagnostic utility bundled with Intego security products that collects system and application logs for support analysis, contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A root-executed diagnostic script creates and writes files in /tmp without enforcing secure directory handling, introducing a time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition. A local unprivileged user can exploit a symlink-based race condition to cause arbitrary file writes to privileged system locations, resulting in privilege escalation to root.

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Published Date :

Feb. 12, 2026, 10:16 p.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 12, 2026, 10:16 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

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Affected Products

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CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 4.0 HIGH 83251b91-4cc7-4094-a5c7-464a1b83ea10
CVSS 4.0 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
Address the race condition in the diagnostic script to prevent unauthorized file writes and privilege escalation.
  • Update Intego security products to the latest version.
  • Ensure secure directory handling in diagnostic scripts.
  • Remove insecure temporary file creation.
  • Implement atomic file operations.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Feb. 12, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Intego Log Reporter, a macOS diagnostic utility bundled with Intego security products that collects system and application logs for support analysis, contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A root-executed diagnostic script creates and writes files in /tmp without enforcing secure directory handling, introducing a time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition. A local unprivileged user can exploit a symlink-based race condition to cause arbitrary file writes to privileged system locations, resulting in privilege escalation to root.
    Added CVSS V4.0 AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
    Added CWE CWE-367
    Added Reference https://blog.quarkslab.com/intego_lpe_macos_1.html
    Added Reference https://blog.quarkslab.com/resources/2026-02-10_intego_1/40945709530779-How-to-Use-the-Intego-Log-Reporter.pdf
    Added Reference https://www.intego.com/
    Added Reference https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/intego-log-reporter-toctou-local-privilege-escalation
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 8.5
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