Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), released the macOS 11.3 version for everyone yesterday; After several betas and several tests and with the help of the developers, it was time to launch the new version of this operating system to the general public. In this new version, a patch has been released that ensures that users will be safe from a security hole that existed and that endangered the data of Mac users.
With the release of the new version of macOS 11.3, Apple fixed a bug that could have allowed attackers to bypass security mechanisms from Mac via malicious document. This security hole allowed attackers to create a malicious application that could impersonate a document. This was reported by TechCrunch. Security researcher Cedric Owens first discovered the bug in March.
According to Cedric, who verified the error through his own tests. Created a proof of concept app that took advantage of the flaw to launch the Calculator app. He was able to determine that: “All the user would have to do is double click and no warnings or notices will be generated from macOS. »
This demo app was harmless. However, someone with other and less honest motives could have taken advantage of the vulnerability to remotely access confidential data or other information on a user's machine by tricking them into clicking on a forged document.
Apple said it fixed the bug in macOS Big Sur 11.3, which the Cupertino tech giant released on Monday. In addition to that version, Apple also issued patches to fix the bug in macOS Catalina and macOS Mojave. That is why updates are so important and that is why it is so necessary that you do not waste too much time and update to newer versions.
