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A semi-legit app can later drop malicious code and run it. Think of a repackaged OSS project or pirated software that has an auto-updater built in.
by NateLawson 4y ago
A semi-legit app can later drop malicious code and run it. Think of a repackaged OSS project or pirated software that has an auto-updater built in.
- lalopalota 4y agowhich would be a new file, or one that has been modified since it was last run. which would be handled by the first run protection.
- cma 4y agoBrowsers can generate machine code and make it executable (for e.g. V8), and so can any other app. So they could download it and put it into newly allocated executable memory pages.