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FORCEDENTRY

FORCEDENTRY, also capitalized as ForcedEntry, is a security exploit allegedly developed by NSO Group to deploy their Pegasus spyware. Reuters reported that Quadream also used the exploit. It enables the "zero-click" exploit that is prevalent in iOS 13 and below, but also compromises recent safeguards set by Apple's "BlastDoor" in iOS 14 and later. In…

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Affected software
Apple CoreGraphics (Quartz) · iOS (prior to v14.8) · macOS (prior to macOS Big Sur 11.6, Security Update 2021-005 Catalina) · watchOS (prior to v7.6.2)
CVE identifiers
CVE-2021-30858
Date patched
September 2021
Discoverer
Bill Marczak from Citizen Lab

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FORCEDENTRY

Nodes40
Edges39
Triples38
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.05
Components1

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related to Exploit · 19
FORCEDENTRY → Amnesty International, Apple's, Apple's CoreGraphics, Apple's Security Engineering, Architecture, BlastDoor, Citizen Lab, CVE, CVE-2021-30860, GIF, Google's Project Zero, In December, JBIG2-encoded, KISMET, Megalodon, PDF, SEAR, The, The FORCEDENTRY
related to Apple lawsuit · 7
FORCEDENTRY → Apple Inc, California, Cyber Technologies, In November, Northern District, NSO Group, United States District Court
Affected software · 4
FORCEDENTRY → Apple CoreGraphics (Quartz), iOS (prior to v14.8), macOS (prior to macOS Big Sur 11.6, Security Update 2021-005 Catalina), watchOS (prior to v7.6.2)
CVE identifiers · 2
FORCEDENTRY → CVE-.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-col…, CVE-2021-30858
Date patched · 1
FORCEDENTRY → September 2021
Discoverer · 1
FORCEDENTRY → Bill Marczak from Citizen Lab

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exploit also ios apple security 2021 vulnerability group apple's blastdoor 14 citizen lab september zero-click cve macos watchos architecture nso

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FORCEDENTRYAffected softwareApple CoreGraphics (Quartz)1.00infobox
FORCEDENTRYAffected softwareiOS (prior to v14.8)1.00infobox
FORCEDENTRYAffected softwaremacOS (prior to macOS Big Sur 11.6, Security Update 2021-005 Catalina)1.00infobox
FORCEDENTRYAffected softwarewatchOS (prior to v7.6.2)1.00infobox
FORCEDENTRYCVE identifiersCVE-.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-col…1.00infobox
FORCEDENTRYCVE identifiersCVE-2021-308581.00infobox
FORCEDENTRYDate patchedSeptember 20211.00infobox
FORCEDENTRYDiscovererBill Marczak from Citizen Lab1.00infobox
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