{"id":46168,"date":"2015-09-16T09:03:42","date_gmt":"2015-09-16T16:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/?p=46168"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:12:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:12:37","slug":"airdrop-bug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/airdrop-bug\/","title":{"rendered":"AirDrop Bug Could Let Hackers Silently Plant Malware on Your iPhone or Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46219\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/airdrop-600x3001.jpeg\" alt=\"AirDrop\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/airdrop-600x3001.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/airdrop-600x3001-150x75.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/airdrop-600x3001-300x150.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Do you have AirDrop enabled on your iPhone or Mac?<\/p>\n<p>Maybe you&#8217;ll think again after watching a video made by Australian security researcher Mark Dowd.<\/p>\n<p>Dowd has uncovered a major vulnerability in the current versions of iOS and OS X, that could allow a hacker to install a malicious app on your phone wirelessly, from close proximity, with no obvious warning to you that anything suspicious has occurred.<\/p>\n<p>The vulnerability depends upon AirDrop, the over-the-air file-sharing technology used by OS X and iOS, being enabled \u2014 but does not require the intended victim to accept a file being sent to them.<\/p>\n<p>To demonstrate the attack in action, Dowd published a <a title=\"Link to YouTube video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=j3JODDmk2Hs&amp;rel=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">YouTube video<\/a> with an amusingly stealthy soundtrack, showing just how easy it was to infect an iPhone with AirDrop enabled.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"iOS 8.4.1 AirDrop Exploit Demo\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j3JODDmk2Hs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>After your device has received a boobytrapped AirDrop request (which you don&#8217;t have to accept), nothing happens&#8230;. until you reboot your iPhone.<\/p>\n<p>The rebooting process wakes up the dormant infection, installing an app using the <a title=\"Link to Apple enterprise provisioning\" href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/programs\/enterprise\/how-it-works\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">enterprise provisioning feature<\/a> that Apple provides for companies who wish to roll out their own apps to staff.<\/p>\n<p>In short \u2014 the app hasn&#8217;t had to sneak into the official Apple App Store, and it hasn&#8217;t been subject to the normal security checks.<\/p>\n<p>In the video, Dowd gives a taste for just how dangerous such an attack could be by replacing the standard iPhone app with a program that says, &#8220;Hello world.&#8221; Just imagine if the app spied on your conversations, stole data, or provided remote access to malicious hackers.<\/p>\n<p>The vulnerability is said to affect all versions of iOS that support AirDrop from iOS 7 onwards, and OS X Yosemite and later.<\/p>\n<p>iOS 9, scheduled to be released today, mitigates against the flaw \u2014 although, it does not contain a full patch. 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