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Ilya Andr (@andrd3v) Ilya Andr (@andrd3v) @andrd3v · 186 subscribers
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New write-up: Detecting task_for_pid and pid_for_task via CS_INVALID_ALLOWED

TASK_EXTMOD_INFO only catches task_for_pid - the pid_for_task workaround walks right past it. Turns out XNU sets CS_INVALID_ALLOWED on the target process for both methods, and you can read it with a single csops() call from userspace.

Read: https://andrd3v.github.io/detecting-tfp
Source: https://github.com/andrd3v/tfp_and_pfd_detect
andrd3v.github.io Detecting task_for_pid and pid_for_task via CS_INVALID_ALLOWED — andrd3v Detect task_for_pid and pid_for_task workaround on macOS by checking CS_INVALID_ALLOWED code signing flag via csops(). Covers detection of both methods including Jonathan Levin's pid_for_task technique.
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