Privilege escalation

ZoneAlarm Anti-Ransomware before version 1.0.713 copies files for the report from a directory with low privileges. A sophisticated timed attacker can replace those files with malicious or linked content, such as exploiting CVE-2020-0896 on unpatched systems or using symbolic links. This allows an...

CVE-2020-6012

ZoneAlarm Anti-Ransomware before version 1.0.713 copies files for the report from a directory with low privileges. A sophisticated timed attacker can replace those files with malicious or linked content, such as exploiting CVE-2020-0896 on unpatched systems or using symbolic links. This allows an...

CVE-2020-6012

CVE-2020-6012 affects ZoneAlarm Anti-Ransomware prior to version 1.0.713, where the application copies report files from a directory with low privileges. An unprivileged user could timestampedly replace those files with malicious or linked content, potentially enabling local privilege escalation....

CVE-2020-6012: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

ZoneAlarm Anti-Ransomware before version 1.0.713 copies files for the report from a directory with low privileges. A sophisticated timed attacker can replace those files with malicious or linked content, such as exploiting CVE-2020-0896 on unpatched systems or using symbolic links. This allows an...

The vulnerability of the installation file of the Kaspersky Anti-Ransomware Tool allows a perpetrator to increase their privileges.

The vulnerability of the installation file of the Kaspersky Anti-Ransomware Tool is related to errors in the mechanism for checking the path to dynamically linked libraries. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to increase their privileges...

Acronis: Denial of Service in anti_ransomware_service.exe via logs files

antiransomwareservice.exe keeps a log in a folder where any unprivileged user has write permissions. The logs are generated in a predictable pattern allowing the unprivileged user to create a hardlink from the, not yet created, log file to the antiransomwareservice itself. On reboot, this forces...

10 Steps for Ransomware Protection

Just the thought of ransomware is enough to keep CISOs and security teams up at night. Victims are caught in an awful choice between paying a ransom to a criminal who may or may not release their captured network and data, or potentially spending millions of dollars to remove the ransomware on...

Sophos Endpoint Protection 10.7 - Tamper-Protection Bypass

Sophos Endpoint Protection 10.7 - Tamper-Protection Bypass + Credits: John Page aka hyp3rlinx + Website: hyp3rlinx.altervista.org + Source: http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/SOPHOS-ENDPOINT-PROTECTION-v10.7-TAMPER-PROTECTION-BYPASS-CVE-2018-4863.txt + ISR: Apparition Security Vendor:...

Microsoft’ New Feature to Protect Windows 10 from Ransomware

By Waqas Since ransomware are quite common nowadays, and no device is This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Microsoft New Feature to Protect Windows 10 from Ransomware...

Windows 10 to Get Built-in Protection Against Most Ransomware Attacks

Ransomware Ransomware Everywhere Not a Single Place to Hide! But, Microsoft has a simple solution to this problem to protect millions of its users against most ransomware attacks. Two massive ransomware attacks — WannaCry and Petya also known as NotPetya — in a month have caused chaos and...

Trend Micro Smart Protection Complete Receives 5-Star Review from SC Magazine

The best days are the ones you wake up to good news you weren’t expecting, right? Well, earlier this month we woke up to find out the Trend Micro Smart Protection Complete had received a five-star rating and “Best Buy” recommendation from one of the security industries leading publications at SC...

RansomFree Tool Detects Never-Seen-Before Ransomware Before It Encrypts Your Data

Ransomware has risen dramatically since last few years, so rapidly that it might have already hit you or someone you know. With hundred of thousands of ransomware variants emerging every day, it is quite difficult for traditional signature-based antivirus tools to keep their signature database...