Google Announces 5 Major Security Updates for Chrome Extensions

Google has made several new announcements for its Chrome Web Store that aims at making Chrome extensions more secure and transparent to its users. Over a couple of years, we have seen a significant rise in malicious extensions that appear to offer useful functionalities, while running hidden...

Google Cracks Down on Malicious Chrome Extensions in Major Update

Google on Monday announced major changes to its Chrome Web Store as the company tries to ax the malicious extensions that have continuously popped up on its platform over the years. The array of security improvements include a stricter extension review process, new code-readability requirements...

Creating a Cyber Panic Room to Fight Off Invasions

Genghis Khan was a mastermind. A terrifyingly brilliant military strategist who altered the course of world history. He used fear to paralyze his enemies. “In one apocryphal account circulated to create anxiety among the enemy, the Mongols supposedly promised to retreat from a besieged city if th...

CVE-2017-7908: Heap-based Buffer Overflow

A heap-based buffer overflow exists in the third-party product Gigasoft, v5 and prior, included in GE Communicator 3.15 and prior. A malicious HTML file that loads the ActiveX controls can trigger the vulnerability via unchecked function calls...

PT-2018-8430

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GE Communicator versions 3.15 and prior Gigasoft versions 5 and prior Description A heap-based buffer overflow issue exists due to unchecked function calls. This can be triggered by a malicious HTML file that loads the ActiveX controls...

GE Communicator

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 7.6 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low skill level to exploit Vendor: GE Equipment: Communicator Vulnerability: Heap-based Buffer Overflow 2. RISK EVALUATION Exploitation could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or create a denial-of-service condition. 3...

Anti-Spoofing Controls Bypass

openstack-neutron is vulnerable to anti-spoofing controls bypass. Authenticated users using the ML2 plugin or the security groups AMQP API are able to set the deviceowner field to an arbitrary value starting with network: on networks they do not own. Setting the affected field before the security...

Improper access control

Potential security vulnerability of Insufficient Access Controls has been identified in ArcSight Management Center ArcMC for versions prior to 2.81. This vulnerability could be exploited to allow for insufficient access controls...

CVE-2018-6501

Potential security vulnerability of Insufficient Access Controls has been identified in ArcSight Management Center ArcMC for versions prior to 2.81. This vulnerability could be exploited to allow for insufficient access controls...

CVE-2018-6501

Potential security vulnerability of Insufficient Access Controls has been identified in ArcSight Management Center ArcMC for versions prior to 2.81. This vulnerability could be exploited to allow for insufficient access controls...

CVE-2018-6501

Potential security vulnerability of Insufficient Access Controls has been identified in ArcSight Management Center ArcMC for versions prior to 2.81. This vulnerability could be exploited to allow for insufficient access controls...

CVE-2018-6501

This CVE-2018-6501 affects ArcSight Management Center (ArcMC) prior to version 2.81, with a vulnerability described as Insufficient Access Controls. The connected records confirm the affected product and version range, and that the impact is uncontrolled access due to access-control shortcomings....

CVE-2018-6501: Undefined Security Weakness

Potential security vulnerability of Insufficient Access Controls has been identified in ArcSight Management Center ArcMC for versions prior to 2.81. This vulnerability could be exploited to allow for insufficient access controls...

PT-2018-17592

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ArcSight Management Center versions prior to 2.81 Description A potential security issue related to Insufficient Access Controls has been identified. This could be exploited to allow for insufficient access controls. Recommendations For versio...

CVE-2018-15610 Improper access controls in IP Office one-X Portal

A vulnerability in the one-X Portal component of Avaya IP Office allows an authenticated attacker to read and delete arbitrary files on the system. Affected versions of Avaya IP Office include 9.1 through 9.1 SP12, 10.0 through 10.0 SP7, and 10.1 through 10.1 SP2...

CVE-2016-7071

CVE-2016-7071 concerns Red Hat CloudForms/CFME where, prior to updates 5.6.2.2 and 5.7.0.7, permissions were not properly enforced for VM IDs supplied by users. A remote, authenticated attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary VMs on managed systems if they knows the VM ID. The connected R...

PT-2018-4977

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions CloudForms versions prior to 5.6.2.2 CloudForms versions prior to 5.7.0.7 Description The issue is related to improper application of permissions controls to VM IDs passed by users. A remote, authenticated attacker could exploit this to execut...

DNS Rebinding Attack Framework: Singularity

Singularity of Origin is a tool to perform DNS rebinding attacks. It includes the necessary components to rebind the IP address of the attack server DNS name to the target machine’s IP address and to serve attack payloads to exploit vulnerable software on the target machine. It also ships with...

CVE-2018-6597

The Alcatel A30 device with a build fingerprint of TCL/5046G/MICKEY6US:7.0/NRD90M/J63:user/release-keys contains a hidden privilege escalation capability to achieve command execution as the root user. They have made modifications that allow a user with physical access to the device to obtain a ro...

Privilege escalation

The Alcatel A30 device with a build fingerprint of TCL/5046G/MICKEY6US:7.0/NRD90M/J63:user/release-keys contains a hidden privilege escalation capability to achieve command execution as the root user. They have made modifications that allow a user with physical access to the device to obtain a ro...