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Microsoft rolling out Android app WhatsApp reveals older app

support on Windows 11 versions had a critical vulnerability

merican multinational tech- Store, download ‘Amazon Appstore’ nstant messaging and calling ser- mise the machine using techniques
nology corporation Micro- and install ‘Windows Subsystem for vice WhatsApp has published like privilege escalation attacks, re-
Asoft has confirmed that it is Android’ when prompted. Idetails of a ‘critical’ vulnerability ported The Verge.
now rolling out Android app sup- Once installed, open Amazon that has been patched in a newer ver-
port to Windows 11 users in 21 more Appstore and log in with an Amazon sion of the app but might still affect The recently disclosed vulnera-
countries. account to browse the app. There older installed versions that have not bility has been given a severity
According to GSM Arena, currently aren’t many apps available been updated.
WSA, i.e. Windows Subsystem for from the Amazon Appstore, but According to The Verge, the de- score of 9.8 out of 10 on the
Android, became available to down- there are ways to sideload apps. tails regarding the vulnerability were CVE scale. In the same securi-
load for all Windows 11 users, to As per GSM Arena, WSA for revealed in a September update of ty advisory update, WhatsApp
enable Android app support. With Windows 11 is now rolling out to WhatsApp’s page on security advi- also shared details of another
this update, more users can take ad- users in Andorra, Austria, Belgium, sories affecting the app and came to
vantage of a limited selection of An- France, Germany, Gibraltar, Guern- light on September 23. The critical vulnerability, CVE-2022-27492,
droid apps that can be downloaded sey, Ireland, Isle of Man, Italy, Japan, bug would allow an attacker to ex- that would let attackers exe-
from the Microsoft Store. Jersey, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, ploit a code error known as an in- cute code after sending a ma-
Microsoft states that the ma- Monaco, San Marino, Spain, Swit- teger overflow, letting them execute licious video file. This vulnera-
chine must have at least 8GB of zerland, United Kingdom, United their own code on a victim’s smart-
RAM (16GB is recommended), an States, Vatican City/Holy See. phone after sending a specially craft- bility was scored 7.8 out of 10.
SSD (solid-state drive), Intel core The Subsystem for Android that ed video call.
i3 8th Gen or above, and the Virtu- was built into Windows 11 is one of Remote code execution vulner- As per The Verge, both of these
al Machine Platform setting must be its more intriguing features. Depend- abilities are a key step in installing vulnerabilities are patched in recent-
enabled as well. ing on the hardware configuration of malware, spyware, or other malicious ly updated versions of WhatsApp
Those who want to enable An- the computer, this enables Windows applications on a target system, as and should already be fixed in any
droid app support on their Windows 11 users to run Android apps either they give attackers a foot in the door installation of the app that is set to
machine, can head into the Microsoft natively or through X86 emulation. that can be used to further compro- automatically update.

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