Dillon Franke explores using Mach IPC messages as an attack vector for finding and exploiting sandbox escapes in MacOS system daemons. He details his hybrid approach of knowledge-driven fuzzing, which combines automated fuzzing with manual reverse engineering, and shares insights on identifying vulnerabilities, specifically a type confusion issue in the coreaudiod daemon. The post includes resources for building a custom fuzzing harness and tools used throughout the research.
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