cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/50437767

A flaw in screensharingd 's SRP state handling can leave a stale authentication-success state after frame validation, allowing an unauthenticated RFB session to cross the authentication boundary. Apple patched a flaw allowing network attackers to authenticate to Screen Sharing without valid credentials. Researchers traced it to screensharingd and SRP state handling, with privileged filesystem access and potential RCE paths.

  • MostlyBlindGamerA
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    20 days ago

    Slightly terrifying since I use that a lot for work, sometimes outside the organization.