Siemens Patches Insufficient Entropy Vulnerability in ICS Systems

German industrial giant Siemens has provided a firmware update addressing vulnerabilities that are found in a popular line of its Desigo PX industrial control hardware used in controlling primarily HVAC systems in commercial buildings . On Wednesday, Siemens, in coordination with ICS-CERT, issued...

FTC Releases Alert on Fake Apps for Mobile Devices

The Federal Trade Commission FTC has released an alert on fraudulent mobile apps designed to exploit consumers. Some fake apps may steal personal information such as credit card numbers. By taking precautions, users can protect themselves and their private data. US-CERT encourages users and...

VMware Releases Security Update

VMware has released a security update to address a vulnerability in vSphere Hypervisor ESXi. Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review VMware Security Advisory VMSA-2016-0023 and...

Siemens SIMATIC S7-1200 CPU Protection Mechanism Failure

OVERVIEW Siemens has identified a protection mechanism failure vulnerability in old firmware versions of SIMATIC S7-1200. Maik Brüggemann and Ralf Spenneberg from Open Source Training reported this issue directly to Siemens. Siemens provides SIMATIC S7-1200 CPU product, release V4.0 or newer, to...

NetGear lot of router remote command injection vulnerability analysis(Update Patch analysis)-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

0x01 introduction Two days before the NTP just doing the complete thing, the NetGear routerNETGEAR routerand to engage in things of T. T. The current CERT in the last week, five have issued a notice,“if the user comes to the router, it is recommended to stop use until the official release of the...

Joomla! Releases Security Update for CMS

Joomla! has released version 3.6.5 of its Content Management System CMS software to address multiple vulnerabilities. Exploitation of one of these vulnerabilities may allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected website. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the Joomla!...

Beta Firmware Updates Available for Vulnerable Netgear Routers

Netgear has begun pushing out beta versions of firmware updates that will address a critical vulnerability that was disclosed late last week. The networking vendor also confirmed that many more routers in its Nighthawk line are vulnerable than originally reported. The flaw allows attackers to car...

Microsoft Releases December 2016 Security Bulletin

Microsoft has released 12 updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft software. Exploitation of some of these vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the following Microsoft Security Bulletins...

Netgear R7000/R6400 like router exposure remote arbitrary command injection vulnerability, CERT recommends that a comprehensive moratorium on the use-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

You with Netgear NETGEAR router? The recent need to be extra careful, especially router model R7000 and R6400 users-Netgear other models the users also need to beware. CERT/CC-us computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Center on Friday issued a security Bulletin, users are advised to suspen...

Apple Releases Security Updates

Apple has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in tvOS and iOS. Exploitation of some of these vulnerabilities may allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system. US-CERT encourages users and administrators review the Apple security pages for tvOS and iOS and apply t...

INTERSCHALT VDR G4e Path Traversal Vulnerability

OVERVIEW Independent researcher Maxim Rupp has identified a path traversal vulnerability in INTERSCHALT Maritime Systems’s INTERSCHALT VDR G4e application. INTERSCHALT has produced a patch to mitigate this vulnerability. Maxim Rupp has tested the patch to validate that it resolves the...

Netgear R7000 and R6400 cgi-bin Command Injection

This module exploits an arbitrary command injection vulnerability in Netgear R7000 and R6400 router firmware version 1.0.7.21.1.93 and possibly earlier. Module Options msf use exploit/linux/http/netgear/r7000cgibinexec msf undefinedr7000cgibinexec show actions ...actions... msf...

Schneider Electric Building Operation Automation Server Vulnerability

OVERVIEW Independent researcher Karn Ganeshen has identified a vulnerability in servers programmed with Schneider Electric’s StruxureWare Building Operation software. Schneider Electric has produced a new version to mitigate this vulnerability. This vulnerability could be exploited remotely...

Google Fixes 12 High-Severity Vulnerabilities In Chrome Browser

Google is urging Windows, Mac and Linux users to update their Chrome browsers to fix multiple vulnerabilities that could allow malicious third parties to take control of targeted systems. Released Thursday, Chrome version 55.0.2883.75 for Windows, Mac, and Linux fixes those security issues. It al...

Mozilla Thunderbird < 45.5.1 nsSMILTimeContainer.cpp SVG Animation RCE (macOS)

The version of Mozilla Thunderbird installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 45.5.1. It is, therefore, affected by a use-after-free error in dom/smil/nsSMILTimeContainer.cpp when handling SVG animations. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this issue, via a specially...

Mozilla Releases Security Updates

Mozilla has released security updates to address a vulnerability in Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system. Available updates include: Firefox 50.0.2 Firefox ESR 45.5.1 Thunderbird 45.5.1 US-CERT...

Dlink DIR Routers - Unauthenticated HNAP Login Stack Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) Exploit

Exploit for hardware platform in category remote exploits This module requires Metasploit: http://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework require 'msf/core' Payload working status: MIPS: - all valid payloads working the ones that we are able to send...

NTP DoS Exploit Released — Update Your Servers to Patch 10 Flaws

A proof-of-concept PoC exploit for a critical vulnerability in the Network Time Protocol daemon ntpd has been publically released that could allow anyone to crash a server with just a single maliciously crafted packet. The vulnerability has been patched by the Network Time Foundation with the...

Exploit Code Released for NTP Vulnerability

A researcher has released a proof-of-concept exploit for a vulnerability in the Network Time Protocol daemon that could crash a server with a single, malformed packet. The Network Time Foundation’s NTP Project on Monday patched the bug and nine others with the release of NTP 4.2.8p9. The...

Backdoor Found in Firmware of Some Android Devices

Nearly three million Android devices are vulnerable to an attack that could allow a hacker to compromise over-the-air OTA updates to the devices and allow adversaries to remotely execute commands with root privileges. The problem stems from what researchers call an insecure implementation of an O...