Trojanized Xcode Project Slips MacOS Malware to Apple Developers

Cybercriminals are targeting Apple developers with a trojanized Xcode project, which once launched installs a backdoor that has spying and data exfiltration capabilities. Xcode is comprised of a suite of free, open software development tools developed by Apple for creating software for macOS, iOS...

Wacom update helper tool start/stopLaunchDProcess privilege escalation vulnerability

Summary An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Wacom, driver version 6.3.32-3, update helper service in the start/stopLaunchDProcess command. The command takes a user-supplied string argument and executes launchctl under root context. A user with local access can use this...

Clean My Mac X securelyRemoveItemAtPath privilege escalation vulnerability

Summary An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the helper service of Clean My Mac X, version 4.04, due to improper input validation. An attacker with local access could exploit this vulnerability to modify the file system as root. Tested Versions Clean My Mac X 4.04 Product...

CleanMyMac X removeItemAtPath Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Summary The CleanMyMac X software contains an exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability that exists due to improper input validation. An attacker with local access could use this vulnerability to modify the file system as root. Tested Versions Clean My Mac X 4.04 Product URLs...

CleanMyMac X moveToTrashItemAtPath privilege escalation vulnerability

Summary The CleanMyMac X software contains an exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability due to improper input validation. An attacker with local access could use this vulnerability to modify the file system as root. Tested Versions Clean My Mac X 4.04 Product URLs https://macpaw.com/cleanmym...

openSUSE Security Update : lcms2 (openSUSE-2017-179)

This update for lcms2 to version 2.8 fixes the following issues : This security issue was fixed : - Fixed an out-of-bounds heap read in TypeMLURead that could be triggered by an untrusted image with a crafted ICC profile boo1021364. These non-security issues were fixed : - Fixed many typos in...