The glitch allows anyone to access the file system for a Mac, exposing private documents on that particular computer. The previous version of the operating system didn’t appear to be affected by the bug. Never mind one from a security and privacy-conscious company such as Apple,” Steve Troughton-Smith, a Mac software developer, wrote on Twitter. Tests of the flaw indicate that it could be used to alter a user’s system settings that normally require a chosen username and password. Until Apple releases a new version of the software or patches the flaw, users can fix the issue by assigning their own password to the root account.

Source: Mint November 28, 2017 22:30 UTC