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Dumb question first: Why was the mail app not 100% in user space like the others? Do Apple make system apps system apps just to make fun of 3rd party developer

Dumb question first: Why was the mail app not 100% in user space like the others? Do Apple make system apps system apps just to make fun of 3rd party developers or does it actually make sense?

saagarjha 7y ago
The Mail app runs in userspace.
tinus_hn 7y ago
It is, what makes you think it isn’t? The article even states that this vulnerability grants access only to the process that is parsing mail which, depending on the OS version, is the mail application or some background process.