1.0 Introduction
Recently, Apple has released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in its products.
2.0 Impact
These vulnerabilities could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code, enable remote code execution, privilege escalation, cause applications to crash, or expose sensitive data often triggered by simply opening a malicious image, video or website.
3.0 Affected Products
- iOS versions prior to 18.5 and iPadOS versions prior to 18.5
- iPadOS versions prior to 17.7.7
- macOS Sequoia versions prior to 15.5
- macOS Sonoma versions prior to 14.7.6
- macOS Ventura versions prior to 13.7.6
- watchOS versions prior to 11.5
- tvOS versions prior to 18.5
- visionOS versions prior to 2.5
- Safari versions prior to 18.5
4.0 Recommendations
CyberSecurity Malaysia encourages users and administrators to review the Apple security release and apply the necessary updates:
Kindly refer to the following URLs for more information:
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122404
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122405
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122716
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122717
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122718
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122722
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122720
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122721
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122719
Generally, we advise users to be updated with the latest security announcements by the vendor and follow best practice security policies to determine which updates should be applied.
For further enquiries, please contact the Cyber999 Incident Response Centre through the following channels:
E-mail: cyber999[at]cybersecurity.my
Phone: 1-300-88-2999 (monitored during business hours)
Mobile: +60 19 2665850 (24x7 call incident reporting)
Business Hours: Mon - Fri 08:30 -17:30 MYT
Web: https://www.mycert.org.my
5.0 References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122404
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122405
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122716
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122717
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122718
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122722
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122720
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122721
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122719
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/100100