CVE-2019-9858

CVE-2019-9858 affects Horde Groupware Webmail (versions 5.2.22 and 5.2.17). The flaw is in Horde/Form/Type.php image upload handling: an unsanitized POST parameter object[photo][img][file] is used as the destination path for move_uploaded_file(), allowing an attacker to place a PHP file (e.g., vi...

CVE-2019-9858

Remote code execution was discovered in Horde Groupware Webmail 5.2.22 and 5.2.17. Horde/Form/Type.php contains a vulnerable class that handles image upload in forms. When the HordeFormTypeimage method onSubmit is called on uploads, it invokes the functions getImage and getUpload, which uses...

IT threat evolution Q1 2019

Targeted attacks and malware campaigns Go Zebrocy Zebrocy was first observed being used as a Sofacy backdoor in 2015. However, the collection of cases where this tool has been used mean that we consider it a subset of activity in its own right. On the basis of this threat actor's past behaviour, ...

Recent MuddyWater-associated BlackWater campaign shows signs of new anti-detection techniques

This blog was authored by Danny Adamitis, David Maynor, and Kendall McKay Executive summary Cisco Talos assesses with moderate confidence that a campaign we recently discovered called "BlackWater" is associated with suspected persistent threat actor MuddyWater. Newly associated samples from April...

CVE-2019-11336

Sony Bravia Smart TV devices allow remote attackers to retrieve the static Wi-Fi password used when the TV is acting as an access point by using the Photo Sharing Plus application to execute a backdoor API command, a different vulnerability than CVE-2019-10886...

CVE-2019-11336

Sony Bravia Smart TV devices allow remote attackers to retrieve the static Wi-Fi password used when the TV is acting as an access point by using the Photo Sharing Plus application to execute a backdoor API command, a different vulnerability than CVE-2019-10886...

CVE-2019-11336

Sony Bravia Smart TV devices allow remote attackers to retrieve the static Wi-Fi password used when the TV is acting as an access point by using the Photo Sharing Plus application to execute a backdoor API command, a different vulnerability than CVE-2019-10886...

CVE-2019-11336

Summary (CVE-2019-11336) : Sony Bravia/Smart TV devices running the Photo Sharing Plus feature are vulnerable to an information-disclosure issue. The vulnerability allows remote attackers (within network range) to retrieve the TV’s static Wi‑Fi password used when the TV acts as an access point, v...

Flaw Affecting Millions of Cisco Devices Let Attackers Implant Persistent Backdoor

Researchers have discovered a severe vulnerability in Cisco products that could allow attackers to implant persistent backdoor on wide range devices used in enterprises and government networks, including routers, switches, and firewalls. Dubbed Thrangrycat or 😾😾😾, the vulnerability, discovered by...

Flaw Affecting Millions of Cisco Devices Let Attackers Implant Persistent Backdoor

Researchers have discovered a severe vulnerability in Cisco products that could allow attackers to implant persistent backdoor on wide range devices used in enterprises and government networks, including routers, switches, and firewalls. Dubbed Thrangrycat or 😾😾😾, the vulnerability, discovered by...

ScarCruft APT Adds Bluetooth Harvester to its Malware Bag of Tricks

The ScarCruft Korean-speaking APT is changing up its espionage tactics to include an unusual piece of malware devoted to harvesting Bluetooth information – while also showing some overlap with the DarkHotel APT. An analysis of ScarCruft’s binary infection procedure by Kaspersky Lab shows that in ...

ScarCruft continues to evolve, introduces Bluetooth harvester

Executive summary After publishing our initial series of blogposts back in 2016, we have continued to track the ScarCruft threat actor. ScarCruft is a Korean-speaking and allegedly state-sponsored threat actor that usually targets organizations and companies with links to the Korean peninsula. Th...

Cryptanalyzing a Pair of Russian Encryption Algorithms

A pair of Russia-designed cryptographic algorithms -- the Kuznyechik block cipher and the Streebog hash function -- have the same flawed S-box that is almost certainly an intentional backdoor. It's just not the kind of mistake you make by accident, not in 2014...

CVE-2019-6548

GE Communicator, all versions prior to 4.0.517, contains two backdoor accounts with hardcoded credentials, which may allow control over the database. This service is inaccessible to attackers if Windows default firewall settings are used by the end user...

CVE-2019-6548

GE Communicator, all versions prior to 4.0.517, contains two backdoor accounts with hardcoded credentials, which may allow control over the database. This service is inaccessible to attackers if Windows default firewall settings are used by the end user...

Hardcoded credentials

GE Communicator, all versions prior to 4.0.517, contains two backdoor accounts with hardcoded credentials, which may allow control over the database. This service is inaccessible to attackers if Windows default firewall settings are used by the end user...

Researchers in the Dark on Powerful LightNeuron Malware for Years

LightNeuron, a backdoor specifically designed to target Microsoft Exchange mail servers, has flown under the radar since at least 2014, despite being the malware linchpin at the center of several targeted campaigns. A fresh analysis of the recently uncovered code shows that it’s the first publicl...

CVE-2019-6548

GE Communicator, all versions prior to 4.0.517, contains two backdoor accounts with hardcoded credentials, which may allow control over the database. This service is inaccessible to attackers if Windows default firewall settings are used by the end user...

CVE-2019-6548

GE Communicator is affected by CVE-2019-6548: all versions before 4.0.517 contain two backdoor accounts with hardcoded credentials that could allow control over the database. Impact is stated as high (C/H/I/H/A/H) with potential remote exploitation per public advisories. The remediation is to upg...

PT-2019-18160 · Ge · Ge Communicator

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: GE Communicator versions prior to 4.0.517 Description: The issue concerns the presence of two backdoor accounts with hardcoded credentials in the software, potentially allowing control over the database. However, if the default Windows firewa...