Operation Triangulation: The last (hardware) mystery

Today, on December 27, 2023, we Boris Larin, Leonid Bezvershenko, and Georgy Kucherin delivered a presentation, titled, "Operation Triangulation: What You Get When Attack iPhones of Researchers", at the 37th Chaos Communication Congress 37C3, held at Congress Center Hamburg. The presentation...

Apple to introduce new feature that makes life harder for iPhone thieves

Reportedly, Apple has plans to make it harder for iPhone thieves to steal your personal information even if they have your device’s passcode. A new feature called Stolen Device Protection is included in the beta version of iOS 17.3. The feature limits access to your private information in case...

CVE-2023-42917

A memory corruption vulnerability was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.1.2 and iPadOS 17.1.2, macOS Sonoma 14.1.2, Safari 17.1.2. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited against...

PT-2023-8361 · Apple · Macos Monterey +5

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: iOS versions prior to 17.1 iPadOS versions prior to 17.1 macOS Monterey versions prior to 12.7.1 iOS versions prior to 16.7.2 iPadOS versions prior to 16.7.2 macOS Ventura versions prior to 13.6.1 macOS Sonoma versions prior to 14.1...

CVE-2023-40424

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, watchOS 10, macOS Sonoma 14. An app may be able to access user-sensitive data...

CVE-2023-41991

A certificate validation issue was addressed. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6, iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7. A malicious app may be able to bypass signature validation. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS before iOS 16.7. Recen...

CVE-2022-46724

This issue was addressed by restricting options offered on a locked device. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4. A person with physical access to an iOS device may be able to view the last image used in Magnifier from the lock screen...

Information disclosure

When the app is put to the background and the user goes to the task switcher of iOS, the app snapshot is not blurred which may reveal sensitive information...

Code injection

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6, tvOS 16.6, macOS Ventura 13.5, Safari 16.6, watchOS 9.6. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution...

PT-2023-5813 · Apple +8 · Webkitgtk +15

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: WebKitGTK versions prior to the fixed version WPE WebKit versions prior to the fixed version iOS versions prior to 16.6 iPadOS versions prior to 16.6 watchOS versions prior to 9.6 tvOS versions prior to 16.6 macOS Ventura versions prior to 13...

CVE-2023-27940

The issue was addressed with additional permissions checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.7.6 and iPadOS 15.7.6, macOS Monterey 12.6.6, macOS Ventura 13.4. A sandboxed app may be able to observe system-wide network connections...

Design/Logic Flaw

A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.7.6 and iPadOS 15.7.6, macOS Big Sur 11.7.7, macOS Monterey 12.6.6, macOS Ventura 13.4. An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system...

CVE-2022-46718

A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.7.2 and iPadOS 15.7.2, macOS Ventura 13.1, macOS Big Sur 11.7.2, macOS Monterey 12.6.2. An app may be able to read sensitive location information...

CVE-2023-32367

CVE-2023-32367: Apple documents an entitlement-related issue where an app may access user-sensitive data. The vulnerability is mitigated in iOS 16.5 and iPadOS 16.5, and macOS Ventura 13.4 (Patch/UPDATE_REQUIRED). No exploitation details are provided in the connected documents; remediation is to ...

CVE-2023-32365

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.7.6 and iPadOS 15.7.6, iOS 16.5 and iPadOS 16.5. Shake-to-undo may allow a deleted photo to be re-surfaced without authentication...

CVE-2023-32435

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.3, Safari 16.4, iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4, iOS 15.7.7 and iPadOS 15.7.7. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have...

New Zero-Click Hack Targets iOS Users with Stealthy Root-Privilege Malware

A previously unknown advanced persistent threat APT is targeting iOS devices as part of a sophisticated and long-running mobile campaign dubbed Operation Triangulation that began in 2019. "The targets are infected using zero-click exploits via the iMessage platform, and the malware runs with root...

CVE-2022-32891

The issue was addressed with improved UI handling. This issue is fixed in Safari 16, tvOS 16, watchOS 9, iOS 16. Visiting a website that frames malicious content may lead to UI spoofing...

Trellix Advanced Research Center Discovers a New Privilege Escalation Bug Class on macOS and iOS

Trellix Advanced Research Center Discovers a New Privilege Escalation Bug Class on macOS and iOS By Trellix · February 21, 2023 This blog was written by Austin Emmitt Introduction Since the first version of iOS on the original iPhone, Apple has enforced careful restrictions on the software that c...

CVE-2022-42848

A logic issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2, iOS 15.7.2 and iPadOS 15.7.2, tvOS 16.2. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges...