PT-2025-20734 · Apple · Macos Sequoia +1

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: macOS Sequoia versions prior to 15.5 Description: A file quarantine bypass issue was addressed with additional checks, which may have allowed an app to break out of its sandbox. Recommendations: For versions prior to 15.5, update to macOS...

PT-2025-23204 · Apple · Apple Macos

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: macOS versions prior to 13.7.5 macOS versions prior to 14.7.5 macOS versions prior to 15.4 Description: A file quarantine bypass issue was addressed with additional checks, which could allow an app to break out of its sandbox. Recommendations...

CVE-2025-24140

This issue was addressed through improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.3. Files downloaded from the internet may not have the quarantine flag applied...

CVE-2023-27943

This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.3, iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4. Files downloaded from the internet may not have the quarantine flag applied...

Design/Logic Flaw

This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.3, iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4. Files downloaded from the internet may not have the quarantine flag applied...

CVE-2023-25146

A security agent link following vulnerability in the Trend Micro Apex One agent could allow a local attacker to quarantine a file, delete the original folder and replace with a junction to an arbitrary location, ultimately leading to an arbitrary file dropped to an arbitrary location. Please note...

CVE-2023-25146

A security agent link following vulnerability in the Trend Micro Apex One agent could allow a local attacker to quarantine a file, delete the original folder and replace with a junction to an arbitrary location, ultimately leading to an arbitrary file dropped to an arbitrary location. Please note...

Multiple vulnerabilities in Trend Micro Apex One and Apex One as a Service

Overview Trend Micro Incorporated has released security updates for Apex One and Apex One as a Service. Trend Micro Incorporated reported these vulnerabilities to JPCERT/CC to notify users of the solutions through JVN. Impact Uploading of a large number of files to fill up the file system on the...

PT-2023-1525 · Trend Micro · Trend Micro Apex One

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Trend Micro Apex One affected versions not specified Description: A security issue in the Trend Micro Apex One agent could allow a local attacker to quarantine a file, delete the original folder, and replace it with a junction to an arbitrary...

GLSA-202209-18 : Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple Vulnerabilities

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202209-18 Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple Vulnerabilities - When saving or opening an email attachment on macOS, Thunderbird did not set attribute com.apple.quarantine on the received file. If the received file was an application an...

Old Gatekeeper bypass vulnerability in macOS exploited

THREAT LEVEL: Amber For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here A gatekeeper bypass vulnerability exists in macOS Big Sur and has been assigned CVE-2021-30853. An attacker can exploit this issue by using a specially-crafted script-based application downloaded from the Internet. This allow...

Expert Details macOS Bug That Could Let Malware Bypass Gatekeeper Security

Apple recently fixed a security vulnerability in the macOS operating system that could be potentially exploited by a threat actor to "trivially and reliably" bypass a "myriad of foundational macOS security mechanisms" and run arbitrary code. Security researcher Patrick Wardle detailed the discove...

Exploit for Missing Authorization in Apple Mac_Os_X

CVE-2021-30657 A simple POC for CVE-2021-30657 affecting MacOS...

CVE-2021-40531

Sketch before 75 allows library feeds to be used to bypass file quarantine. Files are automatically downloaded and opened, without the com.apple.quarantine extended attribute. This results in remote code execution, as demonstrated by CommandString in a terminal profile to Terminal.app...

Remote code execution

Sketch before 75 allows library feeds to be used to bypass file quarantine. Files are automatically downloaded and opened, without the com.apple.quarantine extended attribute. This results in remote code execution, as demonstrated by CommandString in a terminal profile to Terminal.app...

CVE-2021-40531

CVE-2021-40531 affects Sketch (macOS). The vulnerability arises when Sketch 75 or earlier allows library feeds to bypass the com.apple.quarantine attribute, causing files to be downloaded and opened automatically. This quarantine bypass can lead to remote code execution, as demonstrated by embedd...

CVE-2021-40531

Sketch before 75 allows library feeds to be used to bypass file quarantine. Files are automatically downloaded and opened, without the com.apple.quarantine extended attribute. This results in remote code execution, as demonstrated by CommandString in a terminal profile to Terminal.app...

Apple Patches Zero-Day MacOS Bypass Bug

Apple patched a zero-day vulnerability in its MacOS that can bypass critical anti-malware capabilities and which a variant of the notorious Mac threat Shlayer adware dropper already has been exploiting for several months. Security researcher Cedric Owens first discovered the vulnerability, tracke...

Internet Bug Bounty: Uncovering file quarantine and UX security issues in macOS apps ( .terminal, .fileloc and .url)

Slides : https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/19WeQbqcOKnrSv1I3Z4sm-oNAf6IVzHwRyQP4i9BvY/editslide=id.g758ad3e04223231 See Blogpost for more details - https://medium.com/@metnew/exploiting-popular-macos-apps-with-a-single-terminal-file-f6c2efdfedaa Summary Popular macOS apps with a file-sharing...

Acronis: Local Privilege Escalation in anti_ransomware_service.exe via quarantine

antiransomwareservice.exe includes a functionality to quarantine files which will copy the suspected ransomware file from one directory to another using SYSTEM privileges. As any unprivileged user has write permissions in the quarantine folder, it is possible to control this privileged write with...