Microsoft Details Gatekeeper Bypass Vulnerability in Apple macOS Systems

Microsoft has disclosed details of a now-patched security flaw in Apple macOS that could be exploited by an attacker to get around security protections imposed to prevent the execution of malicious applications. The shortcoming, dubbed Achilles CVE-2022-42821, CVSS score: 5.5, was addressed by th...

Gatekeeper’s Achilles heel: Unearthing a macOS vulnerability

On July 27, 2022, Microsoft discovered a vulnerability in macOS that can allow attackers to bypass application execution restrictions imposed by Apple’s Gatekeeper security mechanism, designed to ensure only trusted apps run on Mac devices. We developed a proof-of-concept exploit to demonstrate t...

Gatekeeper’s Achilles heel: Unearthing a macOS vulnerability

On July 27, 2022, Microsoft discovered a vulnerability in macOS that can allow attackers to bypass application execution restrictions imposed by Apple’s Gatekeeper security mechanism, designed to ensure only trusted apps run on Mac devices. We developed a proof-of-concept exploit to demonstrate t...

CVE-2022-3880: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

The Disable Json API, Login Lockdown, XMLRPC, Pingback, Stop User Enumeration Anti Hacker Scan WordPress plugin before 4.20 does not have proper authorisation and CSRF in an AJAX action, allowing any authenticated users, such as subscriber to call it and install and activate arbitrary plugins fro...

ignition security, bug fix, and enhancement update

2.14.0-1 - New release - Add ignition-apply symlink - Add ignition-rmcfg symlink and ignition-delete-config.service 2.13.0-2 - Rename -validate-nonlinux subpackage to -validate-redistributable - Add static Linux binaries to -redistributable - Fix macro invocation in comment - Avoid kernel lockdow...

kernel: possible to use the debugger to write zero into a location of choice

A flaw was found in the kernel/debug/debugcore.c in the Linux kernel in lockdown mode. This flaw allows an attacker with local access to trigger the debugger, bypass lockdown and write anonymously...

kernel: possible to use the debugger to write zero into a location of choice

A flaw was found in the kernel/debug/debugcore.c in the Linux kernel in lockdown mode. This flaw allows an attacker with local access to trigger the debugger, bypass lockdown and write anonymously...

kernel: possible to use the debugger to write zero into a location of choice

A flaw was found in the kernel/debug/debugcore.c in the Linux kernel in lockdown mode. This flaw allows an attacker with local access to trigger the debugger, bypass lockdown and write anonymously...

kernel: possible to use the debugger to write zero into a location of choice

A flaw was found in the kernel/debug/debugcore.c in the Linux kernel in lockdown mode. This flaw allows an attacker with local access to trigger the debugger, bypass lockdown and write anonymously...

kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

5.14.0-70.30.1.0.10.OL9 - lockdown: also lock down previous kgdb use Daniel Thompson Orabug: 34290418 CVE-2022-21499 5.14.0-70.30.10.OL9 - Update Oracle Linux certificates Kevin Lyons - Disable signing for aarch64 Ilya Okomin - Oracle Linux RHCK Module Signing Key was added to the kernel trusted...

Oracle Linux 7 / 8 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel-container (ELSA-2022-9927)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 / 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2022-9927 advisory. - afkey: Do not call xfrmprobealgs in parallel Herbert Xu Orabug: 34566752 CVE-2022-3028 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block...

Oracle Linux 7 / 8 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2022-9926)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 / 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2022-9926 advisory. - afkey: Do not call xfrmprobealgs in parallel Herbert Xu Orabug: 34566752 CVE-2022-3028 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

4.14.35-2047.518.4 - xfs: avoid race between writeback and data/cow fork changes Wengang Wang Orabug: 34508036 4.14.35-2047.518.3 - KVM: SVM: Clear the CR4 register on reset Babu Moger Orabug: 34617675 4.14.35-2047.518.2 - afkey: Do not call xfrmprobealgs in parallel Herbert Xu Orabug: 34566753...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel-container security update

4.14.35-2047.518.4.el7 - xfs: avoid race between writeback and data/cow fork changes Wengang Wang Orabug: 34508036 4.14.35-2047.518.3.el7 - KVM: SVM: Clear the CR4 register on reset Babu Moger Orabug: 34617675 4.14.35-2047.518.2.el7 - afkey: Do not call xfrmprobealgs in parallel Herbert Xu Orabug...

Oracle Linux 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2022-9870)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2022-9870 advisory. - afkey: Do not call xfrmprobealgs in parallel Herbert Xu Orabug: 34566753 CVE-2022-3028 - lockdown: also lock down previous kgdb use Daniel Thompson...

Oracle Linux 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel-container (ELSA-2022-9871)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2022-9871 advisory. - afkey: Do not call xfrmprobealgs in parallel Herbert Xu Orabug: 34566753 CVE-2022-3028 - lockdown: also lock down previous kgdb use Daniel Thompson...

MTN Group: Authentication Bypass Leads To Complete Account TakeveOver on ██████████

The application's backend logic placed too much trust on the login information submitted by the user, which allowed a remote attacker to bypass authentication and perform account takeover...

Here are the new security and privacy features of iOS 16

On Monday, September 12, Apple released iOS 16, which included a host of new security and privacy features. Let's look at what these are--and some quality-of-life QoL changes. Lockdown Mode As Macrumors calls it, Lockdown Mode is an "extreme" security setting ideal for those who regularly find...

Wormable Flaw, 0days Lead Sept. 2022 Patch Tuesday

This months Patch Tuesday offers a little something for everyone, including security updates for a zero-day flaw in Microsoft Windows that is under active attack, and another Windows weakness experts say could be used to power a fast-spreading computer worm. Also, Apple has also quashed a pair of...

Apple Releases iOS and macOS Updates to Patch Actively Exploited Zero-Day Flaw

Apple has released another round of security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in iOS and macOS, including a new zero-day flaw that has been used in attacks in the wild. The issue, assigned the identifier CVE-2022-32917, is rooted in the Kernel component and could enable a malicious app...