Bypass Record
Disable or Modify Tools × CrowdStrike Falcon
A publicly-reported instance of Disable or Modify Tools bypassing CrowdStrike Falcon, recorded with its original source. Factual record; no assessment of any specific deployment.
Mechanism
The vulnerability exploits insufficient authorization checks in macOS Endpoint Security framework, allowing a standard user to send a termination signal to security agent processes, disabling them without root privileges.
Detection & mitigation
Monitor for unexpected termination of security agent processes (e.g., falcond, Kandji agent) by non-root users. Enable macOS Endpoint Security framework logging and alert on unauthorized process termination attempts. Apply vendor patches promptly.
This is a record of a publicly-reported event, not an assessment of any specific organization's deployment. Detection and mitigation notes are drawn from the cited source. Where the source is silent, fields are omitted.