Directory Traversal

Overview Affected versions of iter-http resolve relative file paths, resulting in a directory traversal vulnerability. A malicious actor can use this vulnerability to access files outside of the intended directory root, which may result in the disclosure of private files on the vulnerable system...

Pwntools - CTF Framework And Exploit Development Library

pwntools is a CTF framework and exploit development library. Written in Python, it is designed for rapid prototyping and development, and intended to make exploit writing as simple as possible. from pwn import contextarch = 'i386', os = 'linux' r = remote'exploitme.example.com', 31337 EXPLOIT COD...

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Struggling to learn how to code? If you’re looking to 'learn how to code' and seeking a career as an expert-level programmer, you should know how to play with codes and make your own. It's no secret that mastering a coding language or two can put you at the top of the job market – thanks to the...

JDK: XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data

IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition is vulnerable XML External Entity Injection XXE error when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose highly sensitive information or consume memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 125150...

Apple Safari WebKit JSString Use After Free Code Execution (CVE-2017-2491)

Safari is a web browsing application developed by Apple. Safari browsing functionality is built around the set of components called WebKit. WebKit is a development toolkit which allows third party developers to build applications that use Internet technologies such as HTML, HTTP, and others. A...

RHEL 6 : java-1.7.1-ibm (RHSA-2017:1216)

An update for java-1.7.1-ibm is now available for Red Hat Satellite 5.7 and Red Hat Satellite 5.6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available fo...

JDK: insecure use of invoke method in CORBA component, incorrect CVE-2013-3009 fix

The com.ibm.CORBA.iiop.ClientDelegate class in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition 6 before SR16 FP25 6.0.16.25, 6 R1 before SR8 FP25 6.1.8.25, 7 before SR9 FP40 7.0.9.40, 7 R1 before SR3 FP40 7.1.3.40, and 8 before SR3 8.0.3.0 uses the invoke method of the java.lang.reflect.Method class in an...

OpenJDK: incomplete XML parse tree size enforcement (JAXP, 8169011)

It was found that the JAXP component of OpenJDK failed to correctly enforce parse tree size limits when parsing XML document. An attacker able to make a Java application parse a specially crafted XML document could use this flaw to make it consume an excessive amount of CPU and memory...

GDB Exploit Development & Reverse Engineering: pwndbg

GDB Exploit Development & Reverse Engineering pwndbg /poʊndbæg/ is a GDB plug-in that makes debugging with GDB suck less, with a focus on features needed by low-level software developers, hardware hackers, reverse-engineers and exploit developers. Vanilla GDB is terrible to use for reverse...

Simple Vulnerability Remediation Collaboration with InsightVM

Many security groups today use ticketing systems that were originally designed for IT or developers, and are usually ill-suited to their vulnerability management needs. Even more commonly, teams simply rely on spreadsheets and unwieldy reports. On the other end of the spectrum, some security team...

CVE-2017-8833

Zen Cart 1.6.0 has XSS in the mainpage parameter to index.php. NOTE: 1.6.0 is not an official release but the vendor's README.md file offers a link to v160.zip with a description of "Download latest in-development version from github."...

My comments on Forrester’s “Vulnerability Management vendor landscape 2017”

A top consulting company, Forrester Research, recently published report "Vendor Landscape: Vulnerability Management, 2017". You can read for free by filling a small form on Tenable web site. What's interesting in this document? First of all, Josh Zelonis and co-authors presented their version of ...

[SECURITY] Fedora 26 Update: icu-57.1-6.fc26

Tools and utilities for developing with icu...

WordPress Plugin Nelio AB Testing Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Case Study: SSRF in Nelio AB Testing WordPress Plugin Nelio AB Testing is a WordPress plugin used for A/B Testing in WordPress pages. We can download the source-code of the Plugin from plugins.svn.wordpress.org/nelio-ab-testing/tags/4.5.8/. Server-side Request Forgery SSRF is a vulnerability wher...

Weblate: No BruteForce Protection

A common threat web developers face is a password-guessing attack known as a brute force attack. A brute-force attack is an attempt to discover a password by systematically trying every possible combination of letters, numbers, and symbols until you discover the one correct combination that works...

[SECURITY] Fedora 25 Update: python-django-1.9.13-1.fc25

Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and a clean, pragmatic design. It focuses on automating as much as possible and adhering to the DRY Don't Repeat Yourself principle...

[SECURITY] Fedora 26 Update: python-django-1.10.7-1.fc26

Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and a clean, pragmatic design. It focuses on automating as much as possible and adhering to the DRY Don't Repeat Yourself principle...

Bountycraft at Nullcon 2017

Security is a critical component of our products at Microsoft. A strong emphasis on security is a persistent factor throughout our entire development process. Microsoft is committed to designing and developing secure software. Testing is performed both internally and by working closely with the...

Five Reasons Why I Joined Wallarm

By Johan Nordstrom The question of “what made you change jobs?” may be old, but the answer with my move to Wallarm is new and clear. I have a vision how to address the dynamic threat landscape of today and Wallarm’s innovative approach to security is in line with these ideas. In my 30 years caree...

Lenovo Customer Care Software Development Kit Local Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

The Lenovo Customer Care Software Development Kit CCSDK is a set of pre-installed software for program maintenance use by the Chinese company Lenovo. A local elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Lenovo Customer Care Software Development Kit. A local attacker could exploit this...