Microsoft discovers Apple macOS vulnerability, which can bypass Gatekeeper Security Review and implant malware

CTOnews.com, December 20 (Xinhua) Microsoft discovered a macOS vulnerability in July that could bypass the Gatekeeper security mechanism to execute malware. After receiving the Microsoft report, Apple fixed this vulnerability in updates released on the 13th of this month for macOS 13 (Ventura), macOS 12.6.2 (Monterey) and macOS 11.7.2 (Big Sur).

CTOnews.com learned that Microsoft called the macOS vulnerability it discovered as "Achilles" and informed Apple of it through "Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure". The vulnerability allows attackers to bypass Apple's Gatekeeper security mechanism and plant arbitrary malware on Mac devices.

In a recent article, Microsoft described in detail how to discover this vulnerability and the impact of such problems. These details are useful to security experts and researchers. "Gatekeeper plays an important role in preventing macOS malware, but it is not absolutely secure," Microsoft said in a blog post.