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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-10405

An issue was discovered in Google Santa and molcodesignchecker. A maliciously crafted Universal/fat binary can evade third-party code signing checks. By not completing full inspection of the Universal/fat binary, the user of the third-party tool will believe that the code is signed by Apple, but the malicious unsigned code will execute.

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1 Nov 2026, 07:04 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2018-10405

core-osv · Original source

Published 13 Jun 2018, 22:29 UTC

An issue was discovered in Google Santa and molcodesignchecker. A maliciously crafted Universal/fat binary can evade third-party code signing checks. By not completing full inspection of the Universal/fat binary, the user of the third-party tool will believe that the code is signed by Apple, but the malicious unsigned code will execute.

osv:CVE-2018-10405
Complete source record
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