Threat Round Up for Aug 25 - Sep 1

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between August 25 and September 1. As with previous round-ups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we've observed by highlighting key behavior...

CVE-2017-9646

An Uncontrolled Search Path Element issue was discovered in Solar Controls Heating Control Downloader HCDownloader Version 1.0.1.15 and prior. An uncontrolled search path element has been identified, which could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on a target system using a malicious DLL...

CVE-2017-9646

An Uncontrolled Search Path Element issue was discovered in Solar Controls Heating Control Downloader HCDownloader Version 1.0.1.15 and prior. An uncontrolled search path element has been identified, which could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on a target system using a malicious DLL...

CVE-2017-9646

An Uncontrolled Search Path Element issue was discovered in Solar Controls Heating Control Downloader HCDownloader Version 1.0.1.15 and prior. An uncontrolled search path element has been identified, which could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on a target system using a malicious DLL...

CVE-2017-9646

An Uncontrolled Search Path Element issue was discovered in Solar Controls Heating Control Downloader HCDownloader Version 1.0.1.15 and prior. An uncontrolled search path element has been identified, which could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on a target system using a malicious DLL...

Solar Controls Heating Control Downloader DLL Load Local Code Execution Vulnerability

Solar Controls Heating Control Downloader HCDownloader is a solar control heating downloader from Solar Controls, Czech Republic. A security vulnerability exists in Solar Controls HCDownloader versions 1.0.1.15 and earlier. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by using a malicious DLL file ...

Threat Round-up for July 28 - August 4

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between July 28 and August 04. As with previous round-ups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we've observed by highlighting key behavior characteristic...

Threat Round-up for July 14 - July 21

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between July 14 and July 21. As with previous round-ups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we've observed by highlighting key behavior characteristics,...

downloader.hyosungcdn.com XSS vulnerability

Vulnerable URL: http://downloader.hyosungcdn.com/edugame/SetupDown.asp?downfilename=1/-///'/"//--...

Microsoft Office Malicious Macros

Microsoft Office files might contain a malicious downloader. A remote attacker could send spam e-mails including those downloaders, and use social engineering in order to convince users to manually enable them. This would allow the malicious code to run and infect the target system...

PowerPoint Malicious Hover Exploit

There exists a malicious downloader vulnerability in Microsoft Office PowerPoint. This is because of the way PowerPoint presentation format handles link hover. A successful attack could lead to malicious files being downloaded...

WordPress MDC YouTube Downloader Plugin Directory Traversal Vulnerability

WordPress is a set of blogging platform developed by WordPress Software Foundation using PHP language, which supports setting up personal blog sites on servers with PHP and MySQL.MDC YouTube Downloader is one of the video download plugins. A path traversal vulnerability exists in version 2.1.0 of...

CVE-2015-5469

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in the MDC YouTube Downloader plugin 2.1.0 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a full pathname in the file parameter to includes/download.php...

CVE-2015-5469

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in the MDC YouTube Downloader plugin 2.1.0 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a full pathname in the file parameter to includes/download.php...

CVE-2015-5469

CVE-2015-5469 affects the WordPress MDC YouTube Downloader plugin (v2.1.0). The vulnerability is a Local File Inclusion via the file parameter to includes/download.php, enabling an attacker to read arbitrary server files through an absolute path. Impact described in sources includes potential exp...

PDF File Containing Ransomware Downloader

A malicious PDF file containing a downloader was observed as part of Locky ransomware campaign. A remote attacker could send spam e-mails including those PDF files and convince users to open embedded links in them. This would allow the malicious code to run and infect the target system...

DocuSign Phishing Campaign Includes Hancitor Downloader

Electronic document exchange vendor DocuSign warned on Monday of a wave of phishing emails targeting its customers with links to malicious Word documents. The campaign, it said, was tied to an earlier breach of its computer networks where hackers were able to gain “temporary access” and exfiltrat...

Threat Round-up for May 05 - May 12

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between May 05 and May 12. As with previous round-ups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we've observed by highlighting key behavior characteristics,...

Downloader & Private Browser - Customized SSL, Dangerous filesystem permissions, Redefined SSL Common Names verifier vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Downloader & Private Browser published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Free Music Downloader - Customized SSL, Dangerous filesystem permissions, WebView code execution vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Free Music Downloader published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...