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Re:Hidden backdoor API to root privileges in Apple OS X by z-e-r-o on Thursday April 09, 2015 @12:23PM (#9348726)
They even released "Security Update 2015-004" at the same time, including many updates for 10.8 and 10.9, but not the admin framework.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204659

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Re:Hidden backdoor API to root privileges in Apple OS X by zatkin on Thursday April 09, 2015 @09:32PM (#9352096)
The first item on their list of patches is this vulnerability.
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Re:Hidden backdoor API to root privileges in Apple OS X by firebones on Thursday April 09, 2015 @10:40PM (#9352309)
...and it says the admin framework fix only applies to 10.10 to 10.10.2, which was his point--it doesn't fix 10.8 to 10.9 like many of the other security update features do.
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