Apple Pays $100.5K Bug Bounty for Mac Webcam Hack

A researcher who showed Apple how its webcams can be hijacked via a universal cross-site scripting bug UXSS Safari bug has been awarded what is reportedly a record $100,500 bug bounty. The bug could be used by an adversary as part of an attack to gain full access to every website ever visited by...

Apple Pays $100,500 Bounty to Hacker Who Found Way to Hack MacBook Webcam

Apple last year fixed a new set of macOS vulnerabilities that exposed Safari browser to attack, potentially allowing malicious actors to access users' online accounts, microphone, and webcam. Security researcher Ryan Pickren, who discovered and reported the bugs to the iPhone maker, was compensat...

Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2014-0134)

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Apple fixes Mac bug that could have allowed takeover of webcams and browser tabs

A researcher has picked up a $100,500 bounty from Apple after discovering a rather nasty method of gaining control of other people’s Macs. The issue, discovered lurking in Safari by Ryan Pickren, could make use of rogue websites to perform a number of dubious actions. It begins, as so many attack...

Brave Software: Universal XSS with Playlist feature

A Universal XSS vulnerability was discovered in Brave iOS versions 1.32.3 and higher. The vulnerability was caused by three weaknesses, including the exposure of UserScriptManager.securityToken and UserScriptManager.messageHandlerToken, as well as a UXSS vulnerability in PlaylistHelper through...

Microsoft Translation Bugs Open Edge Browser to Trivial UXSS Attacks

Microsoft patched two bugs in its Chromium-based Edge browser last week, one of which could be used by an attacker to bypass security and to remotely inject and execute arbitrary code on any website just by sending a message. That security-bypassing bug, CVE-2021-34506, is rated CVSS 5.4, or...

Malware That Spreads Via Xcode Projects Now Targeting Apple's M1-based Macs

A Mac malware campaign targeting Xcode developers has been retooled to add support for Apple's new M1 chips and expand its features to steal confidential information from cryptocurrency apps. XCSSET came into the spotlight in August 2020 after it was found to spread via modified Xcode IDE project...

CVE-2021-29370

A UXSS was discovered in the Thanos-Soft Cheetah Browser in Android 1.2.0 due to the inadequate filter of the intent scheme. This resulted in Cross-site scripting on the cheetah browser in any website...

Cross site scripting

A UXSS was discovered in the Thanos-Soft Cheetah Browser in Android 1.2.0 due to the inadequate filter of the intent scheme. This resulted in Cross-site scripting on the cheetah browser in any website...

CVE-2021-29370

A UXSS was discovered in the Thanos-Soft Cheetah Browser in Android 1.2.0 due to the inadequate filter of the intent scheme. This resulted in Cross-site scripting on the cheetah browser in any website...

CVE-2021-29370

CVE-2021-29370 is a UXSS vulnerability in the Thanos-Soft Cheetah Browser (Android 1.2.0) caused by an inadequate filter of the intent scheme, enabling cross-site scripting on any website. Affected component: the browser’s handling of intents; root cause: insufficient input filtering. Documented ...

Input validation

Insufficient data validation in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 87.0.4280.66 allowed a remote attacker to inject arbitrary scripts or HTML UXSS via a crafted HTML page...

CVE-2020-16030

CVE-2020-16030 affects the Blink component in Chromium/Google Chrome prior to 87.0.4280.66. The issue is insufficient data validation in Blink, enabling a remote attacker to inject arbitrary scripts or HTML (UXSS) via a crafted HTML page. Publicly cited sources in the provided documents confirm C...

CVE-2020-16030

Insufficient data validation in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 87.0.4280.66 allowed a remote attacker to inject arbitrary scripts or HTML UXSS via a crafted HTML page...

Android WebView Universal Cross-site Scripting

A universal cross-site scripting UXSS vulnerability, CVE-2020-6506 https://crbug.com/1083819, has been identified in the Android WebView system component, which allows cross-origin iframes to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the top-level document. This vulnerability affects React Native apps whic...

Brave Software: Universal XSS through FIDO U2F register from subframe

A vulnerability was discovered in Brave's FIDO U2F implementation that allowed cross-domain subframe to inject any JavaScript code to the top frame through fake U2F registration process, resulting in Universal XSS. The vulnerability affected Brave iOS Version 1.20 20.09.11.20 and current Nightly...

Mac Users Targeted by Spyware Spreading via Xcode Projects

A campaign aimed at Mac users is spreading the XCSSET suite of malware, which has the capability to hijack the Safari web browser and inject various JavaScript payloads that can steal passwords, financial data and personal information, deploy ransomware and more. Infections are propagating via...

X (Formerly Twitter): Android WebViews in Twitter app are vulnerable to UXSS due to configuration and CVE-2020-6506

Summary: CVSS score: 8.1 / High / CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Embargo notice: Do Not Disclose publicly until https://crbug.com/1083819 is disclosed. Twitter for Android is affected by a UXSS vulnerability due to its configuration of Android WebView and CVE-2020-6506. Vendor...

CVE-2020-6470

Insufficient validation of untrusted input in clipboard in Google Chrome prior to 83.0.4103.61 allowed a local attacker to inject arbitrary scripts or HTML UXSS via crafted clipboard contents...

CVE-2020-6470

Insufficient validation of untrusted input in clipboard in Google Chrome prior to 83.0.4103.61 allowed a local attacker to inject arbitrary scripts or HTML UXSS via crafted clipboard contents...