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Global Coalition and Tech Giants Unite Against Commercial Spyware Abuse
A coalition of dozens of countries, including France, the U.K., and the U.S., along with tech companies such as Google, MDSec, Meta, and Microsoft, have signed a joint agreement to curb the abuse of commercial spyware to commit human rights abuses. The initiative, dubbed the Pall Mall Process, aims to tackle the proliferation and irresponsible use of commercial cyber intrusion tools by
A coalition of dozens of countries, including France, the U.K., and the U.S., along with tech companies such as Google, MDSec, Meta, and Microsoft, have signed a joint agreement to curb the abuse of commercial spyware to commit human rights abuses.
The initiative, dubbed the Pall Mall Process, aims to tackle the proliferation and irresponsible use of commercial cyber intrusion tools by establishing guiding principles and policy options for States, industry, and civil society in relation to the development, facilitation, purchase, and use of such tools.
The declaration stated that “uncontrolled dissemination” of spyware offerings contributes to “unintentional escalation in cyberspace,” noting it poses risks to cyber stability, human rights, national security, and digital security.
“Where these tools are used maliciously, attacks can access victims’ devices, listen to calls, obtain photos and remotely operate a camera and microphone via ‘zero-click’ spyware, meaning no user interaction is needed,” the U.K. government said in a press release.
According to the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), thousands of individuals are estimated to have been globally targeted by spyware campaigns every year.
“And as the commercial market for these tools grows, so too will the number and severity of cyber attacks compromising our devices and our digital systems, causing increasingly expensive damage and making it more challenging than ever for our cyber defenses to protect public institutions and services,” Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden said at the U.K.-France Cyber Proliferation conference.
Notably missing from the list of countries that participated in the event is Israel, which is home to a number of private sector offensive actors (PSOAs) or commercial surveillance vendors (CSVs) such as Candiru, Intellexa (Cytrox), NSO Group, and QuaDream.
Recorded Future News reported that Hungary, Mexico, Spain, and Thailand – which have been linked to spyware abuses in the past – did not sign the pledge.
The multi-stakeholder action coincides with an announcement by the U.S. Department of State to deny visas for individuals that it deems to be involved with the misuse of dangerous spyware technology.
“Until recently, a lack of accountability has enabled the spyware industry to proliferate dangerous surveillance tools around the world,” Google said in a statement shared with The Hacker News. “Limiting spyware vendors’ ability to operate in the US helps to change the incentive structure which has allowed their continued growth.”
One hand, spyware such as Chrysaor and Pegasus are licensed to government customers for use in law enforcement and counterterrorism. On the other hand, they have also been routinely abused by oppressive regimes to target journalists, activists, lawyers, human rights defenders, dissidents, political opponents, and other civil society members.
Such intrusions typically leverage zero-click (or one-click) exploits to surreptitiously deliver the surveillanceware onto the targets’ Google Android and Apple iOS devices with the goal of harvesting sensitive information.
That having said, ongoing efforts to combat and contain the spyware ecosystem have been something of a whack-a-mole, underscoring the challenge of fending off recurring and lesser-known players who provide or come up with similar cyber weapons.
This also extends to the fact that CSVs continue to expend effort developing new exploit chains as companies like Apple, Google, and others discover and plug the zero-day vulnerabilities.
Source: Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG)
“As long as there is a demand for surveillance capabilities, there will be incentives for CSVs to continue developing and selling tools, perpetrating an industry that harms high risk users and society at large,” Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) said.
An extensive report published by TAG this week revealed that the company is tracking roughly 40 commercial spyware companies that sell their products to government agencies, with 11 of them linked to the exploitation of 74 zero-days in Google Chrome (24), Android (20), iOS (16), Windows (6), Adobe (2), and Mozilla Firefox (1).
Unknown state-sponsored actors, for example, exploited three flaws in iOS (CVE-2023-28205, CVE-2023-28206, and CVE-2023-32409) as a zero-day last year to infect victims with spyware developed by Barcelona-based Variston. The flaws were patched by Apple in April and May 2023.
The campaign, discovered in March 2023, delivered a link via SMS and targeted iPhones located in Indonesia running iOS versions 16.3.0 and 16.3.1 with an aim to deploy the BridgeHead spyware implant via the Heliconia exploitation framework. Weaponization by Variston is a high-severity security shortcoming in Qualcomm chips (CVE-2023-33063) that first came to light in October 2023.
The complete list of zero-day vulnerabilities in Apple iOS and Google Chrome that were discovered in 2023 and have been tied to specific spyware vendors is as follows:
Zero-day Exploit
Associated Spyware Vendor
CVE-2023-28205 and CVE-2023-28206 (Apple iOS)
Variston (BridgeHead)
CVE-2023-2033 (Google Chrome)
Intellexa/Cytrox (Predator)
CVE-2023-2136 (Google Chrome)
Intellexa/Cytrox (Predator)
CVE-2023-32409 (Apple iOS)
Variston (BridgeHead)
CVE-2023-3079 (Google Chrome)
Intellexa/Cytrox (Predator)
CVE-2023-41061 and CVE-2023-41064 (Apple iOS)
NSO Group (Pegasus)
CVE-2023-41991, CVE-2023-41992, and CVE-2023-41993 (Apple iOS)
Intellexa/Cytrox (Predator)
CVE-2023-5217 (Google Chrome)
Candiru (DevilsTongue)
CVE-2023-4211 (Arm Mali GPU)
Cy4Gate (Epeius)
CVE-2023-33063 (Qualcomm Adreno GPU)
Variston (BridgeHead)
CVE-2023-33106 and CVE-2023-33107 (Qualcomm Adreno GPU)
Cy4Gate (Epeius)
CVE-2023-42916 and CVE-2023-42917 (Apple iOS)
PARS Defense
CVE-2023-7024 (Google Chrome)
NSO Group (Pegasus)
“Private sector firms have been involved in discovering and selling exploits for many years, but the rise of turnkey espionage solutions is a newer phenomena,” the tech giant said.
“CSVs operate with deep technical expertise to offer ‘pay-to-play’ tools that bundle an exploit chain designed to get past the defenses of a selected device, the spyware, and the necessary infrastructure, all to collect the desired data from an individual’s device.”
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Apple has released yet another round of security patches to address three actively exploited zero-day flaws impacting iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and Safari, taking the total tally of zero-day bugs discovered in its software this year to 16. The list of security vulnerabilities is as follows - CVE-2023-41991 - A certificate validation issue in the Security framework that could allow a
The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7, OS 17.0.1 and iPadOS 17.0.1, watchOS 9.6.3, macOS Ventura 13.6, macOS Monterey 12.7, watchOS 10.0.1. A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS before iOS 16.7.
The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in Safari 16.6.1, macOS Ventura 13.6, OS 17.0.1 and iPadOS 17.0.1, iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS before iOS 16.7.
The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in Safari 16.6.1, macOS Ventura 13.6, OS 17.0.1 and iPadOS 17.0.1, iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS before iOS 16.7.
The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in Safari 16.6.1, macOS Ventura 13.6, OS 17.0.1 and iPadOS 17.0.1, iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS before iOS 16.7.
The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7, OS 17.0.1 and iPadOS 17.0.1, watchOS 9.6.3, macOS Ventura 13.6, macOS Monterey 12.7, watchOS 10.0.1. A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS before iOS 16.7.
Apple Security Advisory 2023-09-11-3 - macOS Big Sur 11.7.10 addresses buffer overflow and code execution vulnerabilities.
Apple Security Advisory 2023-09-11-2 - macOS Monterey 12.6.9 addresses buffer overflow and code execution vulnerabilities.
Apple Security Advisory 2023-09-11-1 - iOS 15.7.9 and iPadOS 15.7.9 addresses buffer overflow and code execution vulnerabilities.
Microsoft today issued software updates to fix at least five dozen security holes in Windows and supported software, including patches for two zero-day vulnerabilities that are already being exploited. Also, Adobe, Google Chrome and Apple iOS users may have their own zero-day patching to do.
Google on Monday rolled out out-of-band security patches to address a critical security flaw in its Chrome web browser that it said has been exploited in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2023-4863, the issue has been described as a case of heap buffer overflow that resides in the WebP image format that could result in arbitrary code execution or a crash. Apple Security Engineering and Architecture (SEAR
Google on Monday rolled out out-of-band security patches to address a critical security flaw in its Chrome web browser that it said has been exploited in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2023-4863, the issue has been described as a case of heap buffer overflow that resides in the WebP image format that could result in arbitrary code execution or a crash. Apple Security Engineering and Architecture (SEAR
Google on Monday rolled out out-of-band security patches to address a critical security flaw in its Chrome web browser that it said has been exploited in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2023-4863, the issue has been described as a case of heap buffer overflow that resides in the WebP image format that could result in arbitrary code execution or a crash. Apple Security Engineering and Architecture (SEAR
Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities Categories: News Tags: Blastpass Tags: citizenlab Tags: pegasus Tags: nso Tags: cisa Tags: apple Tags: cve-2023-41064 Tags: cve-2023-41061 Tags: buffer overflow CISA has added two recently discovered Apple vulnerabilities to its catalog of known exploited vulnerabilities. (Read more...) The post Two Apple issues added by CISA to its catalog of known exploited vulnerabilities appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities Categories: News Tags: Blastpass Tags: citizenlab Tags: pegasus Tags: nso Tags: cisa Tags: apple Tags: cve-2023-41064 Tags: cve-2023-41061 Tags: buffer overflow CISA has added two recently discovered Apple vulnerabilities to its catalog of known exploited vulnerabilities. (Read more...) The post Two Apple issues added by CISA to its catalog of known exploited vulnerabilities appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Apple Security Advisory 2023-09-07-3 - watchOS 9.6.2 addresses a malicious attachment vulnerability that could be used to execute arbitrary code.
Apple Security Advisory 2023-09-07-2 - iOS 16.6.1 and iPadOS 16.6.1 addresses buffer overflow and code execution vulnerabilities.
Apple Security Advisory 2023-09-07-2 - iOS 16.6.1 and iPadOS 16.6.1 addresses buffer overflow and code execution vulnerabilities.
Apple Security Advisory 2023-09-07-1 - macOS Ventura 13.5.2 addresses buffer overflow and code execution vulnerabilities.
Apple on Thursday released emergency security updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS to address two zero-day flaws that have been exploited in the wild to deliver NSO Group's Pegasus mercenary spyware. The issues are described as below - CVE-2023-41061 - A validation issue in Wallet that could result in arbitrary code execution when handling a maliciously crafted attachment. CVE-2023-41064
Apple on Thursday released emergency security updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS to address two zero-day flaws that have been exploited in the wild to deliver NSO Group's Pegasus mercenary spyware. The issues are described as below - CVE-2023-41061 - A validation issue in Wallet that could result in arbitrary code execution when handling a maliciously crafted attachment. CVE-2023-41064
A validation issue was addressed with improved logic. This issue is fixed in watchOS 9.6.2, iOS 16.6.1 and iPadOS 16.6.1. A maliciously crafted attachment may result in arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.
Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities Categories: News Tags: Apple Tags: WebKit Tags: CVE-2023-38606 Tags: CVE-2023-32409 Tags: CVE-2023-37450 Tags: CVE-2023-32416 Apple has released security updates for several products to address several serious vulnerabilities including some actively exploited zero-days. (Read more...) The post Update now! Apple fixes several serious vulnerabilities appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
In SettingsHomepageActivity.java, there is a possible way to launch arbitrary activities via Settings due to a logic error in the code. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation.
Google has released its monthly security updates for the Android operating system, addressing 46 new software vulnerabilities. Among these, three vulnerabilities have been identified as actively exploited in targeted attacks. One of the vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2023-26083 is a memory leak flaw affecting the Arm Mali GPU driver for Bifrost, Avalon, and Valhall chips. This particular
Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities Categories: News Tags: Google Tags: Android Tags: 2023-07-05 Tags: CVE2021-29256 Tags: CVE-2023-26083 Tags: CVE-2023-2136 Tags: CVE-2023-21250 Tags: ARM Tags: Skia Google has patched 43 vulnerabilities in Android, three of which are actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities. (Read more...) The post Update Android now! Google patches three actively exploited zero-days appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in watchOS 9.5, iOS 15.7.6 and iPadOS 15.7.6, macOS Ventura 13.4, Safari 16.5, tvOS 16.5, iOS 16.5 and iPadOS 16.5. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.
This issue was addressed by restricting options offered on a locked device. This issue is fixed in watchOS 9.5. An attacker with physical access to a locked Apple Watch may be able to view user photos or contacts via accessibility features
A type confusion issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.5 and iPadOS 16.5, macOS Ventura 13.4, watchOS 9.5, tvOS 16.5. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
A denial-of-service issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.5 and iPadOS 16.5, macOS Ventura 13.4. Opening a PDF file may lead to unexpected app termination
Apple on Wednesday released a slew of updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and Safari browser to address a set of flaws it said were actively exploited in the wild. This includes a pair of zero-days that have been weaponized in a mobile surveillance campaign called Operation Triangulation that has been active since 2019. The exact threat actor behind the campaign is not known.
Microsoft has rolled out fixes for its Windows operating system and other software components to remediate major security shortcomings as part of Patch Tuesday updates for June 2023. Of the 73 flaws, six are rated Critical, 63 are rated Important, two are rated Moderated, and one is rated Low in severity. This also includes three issues the tech giant addressed in its Chromium-based Edge browser
YouTube released a statement that “we will stop removing content that advances false claims that widespread fraud, errors, or glitches occurred in the 2020 and other past US Presidential elections.”
Debian Linux Security Advisory 5420-1 - Multiple security issues were discovered in Chromium, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code, denial of service or information disclosure.
Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities Categories: News Tags: Google Tags: Chrome Tags: V8 Tags: heap corruption Tags: type confusion Tags: CVE-2023-3079 Google has released a Chrome update for a zero-day for which an exploit is actively being used in the wild. (Read more...) The post Update Chrome now! Google patches actively exploited zero-day appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Google on Monday released security updates to patch a high-severity flaw in its Chrome web browser that it said is being actively exploited in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2023-3079, the vulnerability has been described as a type confusion bug in the V8 JavaScript engine. Clement Lecigne of Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has been credited with reporting the issue on June 1, 2023. "Type
Google on Monday released security updates to patch a high-severity flaw in its Chrome web browser that it said is being actively exploited in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2023-3079, the vulnerability has been described as a type confusion bug in the V8 JavaScript engine. Clement Lecigne of Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has been credited with reporting the issue on June 1, 2023. "Type
Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 114.0.5735.110 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Plus: Microsoft patches two zero-day flaws, Google’s Android and Chrome get some much-needed updates, and more.
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 202305-32 - Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in WebkitGTK+, the worst of which could result in arbitrary code execution. Versions greater than or equal to 2.40.1 are affected.
Hello everyone! This episode will be about Microsoft Patch Tuesday for May 2023, including vulnerabilities that were added between April and May Patch Tuesdays. As usual, I use my open source Vulristics project to analyse and prioritize vulnerabilities. I took the comments about the vulnerabilities from the Qualys, Tenable, Rapid7, ZDI Patch Tuesday reviews. It’s been a […]
Hello everyone! This episode will be about Microsoft Patch Tuesday for May 2023, including vulnerabilities that were added between April and May Patch Tuesdays. As usual, I use my open source Vulristics project to analyse and prioritize vulnerabilities. I took the comments about the vulnerabilities from the Qualys, Tenable, Rapid7, ZDI Patch Tuesday reviews. It’s been a […]
Steam, the most popular video game storefront on PCs, only recently announced that it was ending support for Windows 7 and 8, and even then, it won’t be official until January.
In an advisory released by the company, Apple revealed patches for three previously unknown bugs it says may already have been used by attackers.
Apple on Thursday rolled out security updates to iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, and the Safari web browser to address three new zero-day flaws that it said are being actively exploited in the wild. The three security shortcomings are listed below - CVE-2023-32409 - A WebKit flaw that could be exploited by a malicious actor to break out of the Web Content sandbox. It was addressed with
Ubuntu Security Notice 6061-1 - Several security issues were discovered in the WebKitGTK Web and JavaScript engines. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote attacker could exploit a variety of issues related to web browser security, including cross-site scripting attacks, denial of service attacks, and arbitrary code execution.
Debian Linux Security Advisory 5397-1 - Vulnerabilities have been discovered in the WebKitGTK web engine. Luan Herrera discovered that an HTML document may be able to render iframes with sensitive user information. P1umer and Q1IQ discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. An anonymous researcher discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may bypass Same Origin Policy. An anonymous researcher discovered that a website may be able to track sensitive user information. Clement Lecigne and Donncha O Cearbhaill discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.
Debian Linux Security Advisory 5393-1 - Multiple security issues were discovered in Chromium, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code, denial of service or information disclosure.
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday added three security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. The three vulnerabilities are as follows - CVE-2023-28432 (CVSS score - 7.5) - MinIO Information Disclosure Vulnerability CVE-2023-27350 (CVSS score - 9.8) - PaperCut MF/NG Improper Access Control
Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-1919-01 - WebKitGTK is the port of the portable web rendering engine WebKit to the GTK platform. Issues addressed include code execution and use-after-free vulnerabilities.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-1918-01 - WebKitGTK is the port of the portable web rendering engine WebKit to the GTK platform. Issues addressed include code execution and use-after-free vulnerabilities.
Categories: News Tags: chrome Tags: browser Tags: update Tags: vulnerability Tags: CVE Tags: exploit Tags: exploitation Tags: zero-day Users of Chrome should ensure they're running the latest version to patch an integer overflow in the Skia graphics library. (Read more...) The post Update now, there's a Chrome zero-day in the wild appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
An update for webkit2gtk3 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Red Hat Inc. and provide a link to the original. Related CVEs: * CVE-2023-28205: A flaw was found in the webkitgtk package. An improper input validation issue may lead to a use-after-free vulnerability. This vulnerability allows attackers with network access to pass specially crafted web content files, causing Denial of Service or Arbitrary Code Execution.
An update for webkit2gtk3 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Red Hat Inc. and provide a link to the original. Related CVEs: * CVE-2023-28205: A flaw was found in the webkitgtk package. An improper input validation issue may lead to a use-after-free vulnerability. This vulnerability allows attackers with network access to pass specially crafted web content files, causing Denial of Service or Arbitrary Code Execution.
Google on Tuesday rolled out emergency fixes to address another actively exploited high-severity zero-day flaw in its Chrome web browser. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-2136, is described as a case of integer overflow in Skia, an open source 2D graphics library. Clément Lecigne of Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has been credited with discovering and reporting the flaw on April 12, 2023. "
Google on Tuesday rolled out emergency fixes to address another actively exploited high-severity zero-day flaw in its Chrome web browser. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-2136, is described as a case of integer overflow in Skia, an open source 2D graphics library. Clément Lecigne of Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has been credited with discovering and reporting the flaw on April 12, 2023. "
Integer overflow in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 112.0.5615.137 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Because the security vulnerability is under active exploit, Google isn't releasing full details of the flaw while users could remain vulnerable.
Debian Linux Security Advisory 5390-1 - Multiple security issues were discovered in Chromium, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code.
Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities Categories: News Tags: Google Tags: Chrome zero-day Tags: CVE-2023-2033 Tags: V8 flaw Tags: V8 Google has released an updated version of Chrome to address a zero-day flaw that is being exploited in the wild. (Read more...) The post Update Chrome now! Google patches actively exploited flaw appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Google on Friday released out-of-band updates to resolve an actively exploited zero-day flaw in its Chrome web browser, making it the first such bug to be addressed since the start of the year. Tracked as CVE-2023-2033, the high-severity vulnerability has been described as a type confusion issue in the V8 JavaScript engine. Clement Lecigne of Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has been
Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 112.0.5615.121 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Apple Security Advisory 2023-04-10-3 - macOS Big Sur 11.7.6 addresses code execution and out of bounds write vulnerabilities.
Apple Security Advisory 2023-04-10-1 - iOS 15.7.5 and iPadOS 15.7.5 addresses code execution, out of bounds write, and use-after-free vulnerabilities.
Apple Security Advisory 2023-04-10-1 - iOS 15.7.5 and iPadOS 15.7.5 addresses code execution, out of bounds write, and use-after-free vulnerabilities.
Apple Security Advisory 2023-04-10-2 - macOS Monterey 12.6.5 addresses code execution and out of bounds write vulnerabilities.
Apple Security Advisory 2023-04-07-2 - macOS Ventura 13.3.1 addresses code execution, out of bounds write, and use-after-free vulnerabilities.
Apple Security Advisory 2023-04-07-1 - iOS 16.4.1 and iPadOS 16.4.1 addresses code execution, out of bounds write, and use-after-free vulnerabilities.
Apple Security Advisory 2023-04-07-1 - iOS 16.4.1 and iPadOS 16.4.1 addresses code execution, out of bounds write, and use-after-free vulnerabilities.
Categories: Apple Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities Categories: News Tags: iOS 16.4.1 Tags: iPadOS 16.4.1 Tags: macOS 13.3.1 Tags: CVE-2023-28206 Tags: CVE-2023-28205 Tags: use-after-free Tags: out-of-bounds write Tags: IOSurfaceAccelerator Apple has released iOS 16.4.1, iPadOS 16.4.1, and macOS 13.3.1 for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac, respectively, and our advice is to install them as soon as possible. (Read more...) The post Apple releases emergency updates for two known-to-be-exploited vulnerabilities appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Unpatched Macs, iPhones, and iPads open to browser takeover and system kernel-level malicious code execution, Apple warns.
An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.7.5 and iPadOS 15.7.5, macOS Monterey 12.6.5, iOS 16.4.1 and iPadOS 16.4.1, macOS Big Sur 11.7.6, macOS Ventura 13.3.1. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday added five security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation in the wild. This includes three high-severity flaws in the Veritas Backup Exec Agent software (CVE-2021-27876, CVE-2021-27877, and CVE-2021-27878) that could lead to the execution of privileged commands
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday added five security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation in the wild. This includes three high-severity flaws in the Veritas Backup Exec Agent software (CVE-2021-27876, CVE-2021-27877, and CVE-2021-27878) that could lead to the execution of privileged commands
Apple on Friday released security updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Safari web browser to address a pair of zero-day flaws that are being exploited in the wild. The two vulnerabilities are as follows - CVE-2023-28205 - A use after free issue in WebKit that could lead to arbitrary code execution when processing specially crafted web content. CVE-2023-28206 - An out-of-bounds write issue in