Patents by Inventor Sajith Kumar Thadathil Pilakkavil

Sajith Kumar Thadathil Pilakkavil has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Securing an application framework from shared library sideload vulnerabilities
    Patent number: 11481482
    Abstract: There is disclosed in one example a computing apparatus, including: a processor and a memory; an operating system; an application framework including instructions to search a target directory for one or more shared libraries and to attempt to load the one or more shared libraries if found; and an application including: a library file including a primary feature module to provide a primary feature of the application, the primary feature module structured to operate within the application framework, wherein the library file is not independently executable by the operating system; and an unmanaged executable binary to host the library file, wherein the unmanaged executable binary is not managed by the application framework, and includes hooks to intercept the application framework's attempt to load the one or more shared libraries, and to provide security services to the one or more shared libraries before permitting the application framework to attempt to load the one or more shared libraries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Varghese Paul Mookken, Sajith Kumar Thadathil Pilakkavil
  • SECURING AN APPLICATION FRAMEWORK FROM SHARED LIBRARY SIDELOAD VULNERABILITIES
    Publication number: 20210073374
    Abstract: There is disclosed in one example a computing apparatus, including: a processor and a memory; an operating system; an application framework including instructions to search a target directory for one or more shared libraries and to attempt to load the one or more shared libraries if found; and an application including: a library file including a primary feature module to provide a primary feature of the application, the primary feature module structured to operate within the application framework, wherein the library file is not independently executable by the operating system; and an unmanaged executable binary to host the library file, wherein the unmanaged executable binary is not managed by the application framework, and includes hooks to intercept the application framework's attempt to load the one or more shared libraries, and to provide security services to the one or more shared libraries before permitting the application framework to attempt to load the one or more shared libraries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Varghese Paul Mookken, Sajith Kumar Thadathil Pilakkavil