.when run, it simply pops Calculator.app.
Outline
This is our 100th blog post …and it’s a doozy!
But first, go update your macOS systems to 11.3, as it contains a patch for a massive bug that affects all recent versions of macOS…a bug that is the topic of this blog post.
This bug trivially bypasses many core Apple security mechanisms, leaving Mac users at grave risk:
opened → owned
already exploiting it in the wild as an 0day. Yikes!
Apple patched the bug as CVE-2021-30657, noting a malicious application may bypass Gatekeeper checks
The security researcher Cedric Owens uncovered the flaw and initially reported the bug to Cupertino. Epic find Cedric!