Centre issued 'high' risk warning for iPhone users; know other affected Apple products and key risks
The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has issued a high-risk warning for iPhone users regarding multiple vulnerabilities found in several Apple products.
PTC News Desk: The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has issued a high-risk warning for iPhone users regarding multiple vulnerabilities found in several Apple products. The development comes days after Apple launched its highly anticipated iPhone series.
The CERT-In's advisory, issued on September 19, outlines a wide range of Apple software versions, including iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS and visionOS.
Affected Apple products
iOS: Versions prior to 18 and 17.7
iPadOS: Versions prior to 18 and 17.7
macOS Sonoma: Versions prior to 14.7
macOS Ventura: Versions prior to 13.7
macOS Sequoia: Versions prior to 15
tvOS: Versions prior to 18
watchOS: Versions prior to 11
Safari: Versions prior to 18
Xcode: Versions prior to 16
visionOS: Versions prior to 2
Key Risks
The high-risk vulnerabilities if exploited, could allow attackers to
- Get unauthorised access to critical information.
- Bypass significant security restrictions.
- Run arbitrary code on the device.
- Get control of the system, elevate privileges and perform spoof attacks.
- Perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.