An issue was discovered in AdGuard plugin before 1.11.22 for Safari on MacOS. AdGaurd verbosely logged each url that Safari accessed when the plugin was active. These logs went into the MacOS general logs for any unsandboxed process to read. This may be disabled in version 1.11.22.
Information written to log files can be of a sensitive nature and give valuable guidance to an attacker or expose sensitive user information.
While logging all information may be helpful during development stages, it is important that logging levels be set appropriately before a product ships so that sensitive user data and system information are not accidentally exposed to potential attackers. Different log files may be produced and stored for: