# macOS Dangerous Entitlements & TCC perms
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Note that entitlements starting with **`com.apple`** are not available to third-parties, only Apple can grant them.
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## High
### com.apple.rootless.install.heritable
The entitlement **`com.apple.rootless.install.heritable`** allows to **bypass SIP**. Check [this for more info](macos-sip.md#com.apple.rootless.install.heritable).
### **com.apple.rootless.install**
The entitlement **`com.apple.rootless.install`** allows to **bypass SIP**. Check[ this for more info](macos-sip.md#com.apple.rootless.install).
### `com.apple.security.get-task-allow`
This entitlement allows to get the task port of the process run by the binary with this entitlement and **inject code on it**. Check [**this for more info**](../mac-os-architecture/macos-ipc-inter-process-communication/).
### **`com.apple.system-task-ports` (previously called `task_for_pid-allow`)**
This entitlement allows to get the **task port for any** process, except the kernel. Check [**this for more info**](../mac-os-architecture/macos-ipc-inter-process-communication/).
### `com.apple.security.cs.debugger`
Apps with the Debugging Tool Entitlement can call `task_for_pid()` to retrieve a valid task port for unsigned and third-party apps with the `Get Task Allow` entitlement set to `true`. However, even with the debugging tool entitlement, a debugger canβt get the task ports of processes that donβt have the `Get Task Allow` entitlement, and that are therefore protected by System Integrity Protection. Check [**this for more info**](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/entitlements/com\_apple\_security\_cs\_debugger).
### `com.apple.security.cs.disable-library-validation`
This entitlement allows to **load frameworks, plug-ins, or libraries without being either signed by Apple or signed with the same Team ID** as the main executable, so an attacker could abuse some arbitrary library load to inject code. Check [**this for more info**](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/entitlements/com\_apple\_security\_cs\_disable-library-validation).
### `com.apple.security.cs.allow-dyld-environment-variables`
This entitlement allows to **use DYLD environment variables** that could be used to inject libraries and code. Check [**this for more info**](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/entitlements/com\_apple\_security\_cs\_allow-dyld-environment-variables).
### `com.apple.private.tcc.manager` and `com.apple.rootless.storage`.`TCC`
[**According to this blog**](https://objective-see.org/blog/blog\_0x4C.html), these entitlements allows to **modify** the **TCC** database.
### com.apple.private.tcc.manager.check-by-audit-token
TODO: I don't know what this allows to do
### com.apple.private.apfs.revert-to-snapshot
TODO: In [**this report**](https://jhftss.github.io/The-Nightmare-of-Apple-OTA-Update/) **is mentioned that this could be used to** update the SSV-protected contents after a reboot. If you know how it send a PR please!
### com.apple.private.apfs.create-sealed-snapshot
TODO: In [**this report**](https://jhftss.github.io/The-Nightmare-of-Apple-OTA-Update/) **is mentioned that this could be used to** update the SSV-protected contents after a reboot. If you know how it send a PR please!
### **`kTCCServiceSystemPolicyAllFiles`**
Gives **Full Disk Access** permissions, one of the TCC highest permissions you can have.
### **`kTCCServiceAppleEvents`**
Allows the app to send events to other applications that are commonly used for **automating tasks**. Controlling other apps, it can abuse the permissions granted to these other apps.
### **`kTCCServiceSystemPolicySysAdminFiles`**
Allows to **change** the **`NFSHomeDirectory`** attribute of a user that changes his home folder and therefore allows to **bypass TCC**.
### **`kTCCServiceSystemPolicyAppBundles`**
Allow to modify apps inside their folders (inside app.app), which is disallowed by default.
## Medium
### `com.apple.security.cs.allow-jit`
This entitlement allows to **create memory that is writable and executable** by passing the `MAP_JIT` flag to the `mmap()` system function. Check [**this for more info**](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/entitlements/com\_apple\_security\_cs\_allow-jit).
### `com.apple.security.cs.allow-unsigned-executable-memory`
This entitlement allows to **override or patch C code**, use the long-deprecated **`NSCreateObjectFileImageFromMemory`** (which is fundamentally insecure), or use the **DVDPlayback** framework. Check [**this for more info**](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/entitlements/com\_apple\_security\_cs\_allow-unsigned-executable-memory).
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Including this entitlement exposes your app to common vulnerabilities in memory-unsafe code languages. Carefully consider whether your app needs this exception.
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### `com.apple.security.cs.disable-executable-page-protection`
This entitlement allows to **modify sections of its own executable files** on disk to forcefully exit. Check [**this for more info**](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/entitlements/com\_apple\_security\_cs\_disable-executable-page-protection).
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The Disable Executable Memory Protection Entitlement is an extreme entitlement that removes a fundamental security protection from your app, making it possible for an attacker to rewrite your appβs executable code without detection. Prefer narrower entitlements if possible.
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### `com.apple.security.cs.allow-relative-library-loads`
TODO
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