SSD Advisory – iOS/macOS Safari Sandbox Escape via QuartzCore Heap Overflow

Vulnerabilities Summary QuartzCore ( https://developer.apple.com/documentation/quartzcore ), also known as CoreAnimation, is a framework use by macOS and iOS to build an animatable scene graph. CoreAnimation uses a unique rendering model where the grap… Continue reading SSD Advisory – iOS/macOS Safari Sandbox Escape via QuartzCore Heap Overflow

Confused over unlink() macro for malloc, pictorially, I think I understand but lost in the logic

I am trying to understand the basic unlinc() exploit on the Heap (yes, I know its been patched for years now.) I think I understand conceptually what is happening. The chunk that is being un-linked from the doubly linked list… Continue reading Confused over unlink() macro for malloc, pictorially, I think I understand but lost in the logic

SSD Advisory – Python Bytecode Disassembler and Decompiler (pycdc) Multiple Vulnerabilities

Vulnerabilities summary The following advisory describes 12 (twelve) vulnerabilities found in Python Bytecode Disassembler and Decompiler (pycdc). Python Bytecode Disassembler and Decompiler (pycdc) “aims to translate compiled Python byte-code ba… Continue reading SSD Advisory – Python Bytecode Disassembler and Decompiler (pycdc) Multiple Vulnerabilities

Project Zero Chains Bugs for ‘aPAColypse Now’ Attack on Windows 10

Google’s Project Zero team dubs a new WPAD-related attack as an “aPAColypse Now” that allows a local attacker to compromise a targeted and fully patched Windows 10 PC. Continue reading Project Zero Chains Bugs for ‘aPAColypse Now’ Attack on Windows 10