{"id":39147,"date":"2021-01-14T14:52:54","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T14:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packetstormsecurity.com\/news\/view\/31929\/Apple-Removes-Feature-That-Allowed-Its-Apps-To-Bypass-macOS-Firewalls-And-VPNs.html"},"modified":"2021-01-14T14:52:54","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T14:52:54","slug":"apple-removes-feature-that-allowed-its-apps-to-bypass-macos-firewalls-and-vpns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/apple-removes-feature-that-allowed-its-apps-to-bypass-macos-firewalls-and-vpns\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Removes Feature That Allowed Its Apps To Bypass macOS Firewalls And VPNs"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"image image-original shortcode-image\"><span class=\"img aspect-set \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zdnet4.cbsistatic.com\/hub\/i\/2021\/01\/14\/245bcbbe-d414-4612-95df-022563b5e55f\/macos.jpg\" class alt=\"macOS\"><\/span><figcaption><span class=\"caption\"><\/span><span class=\"credit\"> Image: Markus Spiske <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Apple has removed a controversial feature from the macOS operating system that allowed 53 of Apple&#8217;s own apps to bypass third-party firewalls, security tools, and VPN apps installed by users for their protection.<\/p>\n<p>Known as the&nbsp;<strong>ContentFilterExclusionList<\/strong>, the list was included in macOS 11, also known as Big Sur.<\/p>\n<p>The exclusion list included some of Apple&#8217;s biggest apps, like the App Store, Maps, and iCloud, and was physically located on disk at:&nbsp;<em>\/System\/Library\/Frameworks\/NetworkExtension.framework\/Versions\/Current\/Resources\/Info.plist<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image image-original shortcode-image\"><span class=\"img aspect-set \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/apple-removes-feature-that-allowed-its-apps-to-bypass-macos-firewalls-and-vpns\/\" class=\"lazy\" alt=\"contentfilterexclusionlist.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/zdnet1.cbsistatic.com\/hub\/i\/2021\/01\/14\/9d8da6fa-7648-449c-bdc9-6a7387efef44\/contentfilterexclusionlist.jpg\"><\/span><noscript><span class=\"img aspect-set \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zdnet1.cbsistatic.com\/hub\/i\/2021\/01\/14\/9d8da6fa-7648-449c-bdc9-6a7387efef44\/contentfilterexclusionlist.jpg\" class alt=\"contentfilterexclusionlist.jpg\"><\/span><\/noscript><figcaption><span class=\"caption\"><\/span><span class=\"credit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/evilsocket\/status\/1331184117090816002\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"externalLink\">Image: Simone Margaritelli<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Its presence was discovered&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mxswd\/status\/1318305284524183552\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-component=\"externalLink\">last October<\/a>&nbsp;by several security researchers and app makers who realized that their security tools weren&#8217;t able to filter or inspect traffic for some of Apple&#8217;s applications.<\/p>\n<p>Security researchers such as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/patrickwardle\/status\/1327728235623268353\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-component=\"externalLink\">Patrick Wardle<\/a>, and others, were quick to point out at the time that this exclusion risk was a security nightmare waiting to happen. They argued that malware could latch on to legitimate Apple apps included on the list and then bypass firewalls and security software.<\/p>\n<p>Besides security pros, the exclusion list was widely panned by privacy experts alike, since macOS users also risked exposing their real IP address and location when using Apple apps, as VPN products wouldn&#8217;t be able to mask users&#8217; location.<\/p>\n<h3>Apple said it was temporary<\/h3>\n<p>Contacted for comment at the time, Apple told&nbsp;<em>ZDNet&nbsp;<\/em>the list was temporary but did not provide any details. An Apple software engineer later told&nbsp;<em>ZDNet&nbsp;<\/em>the list was the result of a series of bugs in Apple apps, rather than anything nefarious from the Cupertino-based company.<\/p>\n<section class=\"sharethrough-top\" data-component=\"medusaContentRecommendation\" data-medusa-content-recommendation-options=\"{&quot;promo&quot;:&quot;promo_zd_recommendation_sharethrough_top_in_article_desktop&quot;,&quot;spot&quot;:&quot;dfp-in-article&quot;}\"> <\/section>\n<p>The bugs were related to Apple deprecating network kernel extensions (NKEs) in Big Sur and introducing a new system called&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/videos\/play\/wwdc2019\/714\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-component=\"externalLink\">Network Extension Framework<\/a>, and Apple engineers not having enough time to iron out all the bugs before the Big Sur launch last fall.<\/p>\n<p>But some of these bugs have been slowly fixed in the meantime, and, yesterday, with the 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