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macOS: search system directories before /usr/local/bin for binaries #1790

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10 changes: 8 additions & 2 deletions src/Platform/Unix/Process.cpp
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Expand Up @@ -44,9 +44,15 @@ namespace VeraCrypt
return "";
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// Default system directories to search for executables
// Default system directories to search for executables.
// On macOS, system locations are searched before /usr/local/bin so that
// a user-writable /usr/local/bin (the default on Homebrew installs)
// cannot shadow system tools. This matters because this resolver is
// also used for privileged binaries such as sudo during elevation
// (see CoreService.cpp); a planted /usr/local/bin/sudo would otherwise
// receive the admin password.
#ifdef TC_MACOSX
const char* defaultDirs[] = {"/usr/local/bin", "/usr/bin", "/bin", "/usr/sbin", "/sbin"};
const char* defaultDirs[] = {"/usr/bin", "/bin", "/usr/sbin", "/sbin", "/usr/local/bin"};
#elif TC_FREEBSD
const char* defaultDirs[] = {"/sbin", "/bin", "/usr/sbin", "/usr/bin", "/usr/local/sbin", "/usr/local/bin"};
#elif TC_OPENBSD
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