A11y Attacks: Exploiting Accessibility in Operating Systems
A11y Attacks: Exploiting Accessibility in Operating Systems
Yeongjin Jang,Chengyu Song,2 Authors,Wenke Lee
2014 · DOI: 10.1145/2660267.2660295
Conference on Computer and Communications Security · 96 Citations
TLDR
This paper presents the first security evaluation of accessibility support for four of the most popular computing platforms: Microsoft Windows, Ubuntu Linux, iOS, and Android, and identifies twelve attacks that can bypass state-of-the-art defense mechanisms deployed on these OSs.