Vulnerabilities of components such as drivers, virt, and acrn in the Linux operating system, which allow attackers to increase their privileges within the system

The vulnerability of components like drivers/virt/acrn in the Linux operating system is related to errors that occur after the release of functions acrnvmmemsegunmap and acrnvmRamMap. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges within the system...

USN-7179-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Andy Nguyen discovered that the Bluetooth L2CAP implementation in the Linux kernel contained a type-confusion error. A physically proximate remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2020-12351 Andy Nguyen discovered that the...

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver October 2024 Security Update

NVIDIA has informed HP of potential security vulnerabilities identified in the NVIDIA® GPU Display Driver for Windows, which might allow code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, and data tampering. NVIDIA has released updates to mitigate these...

APT trends report Q3 2024

Kaspersky's Global Research and Analysis Team GReAT has been releasing quarterly summaries of advanced persistent threat APT activity for over seven years now. Based on our threat intelligence research, these summaries offer a representative overview of what we've published and discussed in more...

USN-7089-1 linux, linux-gcp-6.8, linux-hwe-6.8 vulnerabilities

Chenyuan Yang discovered that the USB Gadget subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly check for the device to be enabled before writing. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. CVE-2024-25741 Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An...

USN-7020-4: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems: - GPU drivers; - Network drivers; - SCSI drivers; - F2FS file system; - BPF subsystem; - IPv4 networking;...

The vulnerabilities of PHP and C database management systems like MongoDB allow attackers to gain increased privileges.

The vulnerabilities of PHP and C language drivers in the MongoDB database management system are related to lack of access control mechanisms. Exploiting these vulnerabilities can allow attackers to enhance their privileges...

The vulnerabilities of Intel PROSet/Wireless WiFi and Intel Killer Wi-Fi network devices, related to initialization errors, allow attackers to trigger service interruptions.

The vulnerability of Intel PROSet/Wireless WiFi and Intel Killer Wi-Fi network device drivers is related to initialization errors. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow a remote attacker to cause service interruptions...

USN-5981-1 linux-aws-hwe, linux-hwe, linux-oracle vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the System V IPC implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle large shared memory counts. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service memory exhaustion. CVE-2021-3669 It was discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the SGI GRU...

SUSE-SU-2022:4587-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 25 for SLE 15 SP2)

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.3.18-24107 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2022-43945: Fixed a buffer overflow in the NFSD implementation bsc1205128. - CVE-2022-4378: Fixed stack overflow in doprocdointvec bsc1206207. - CVE-2022-4139: Fixed an issue with t...

SUSE-SU-2022:4559-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 3 for SLE 15 SP4)

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.14.21-1504002421 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2022-43945: Fixed a buffer overflow in the NFSD implementation bsc1205128. - CVE-2022-4378: Fixed stack overflow in doprocdointvec bsc1206207. - CVE-2022-4139: Fixed an issue...

Vulnerability Spotlight: NVIDIA driver memory corruption vulnerabilities discovered

Piotr Bania of Cisco Talos discovered these vulnerabilities. Cisco Talos recently discovered two memory corruption vulnerabilities in shader functionality of an NVIDIA driver. NVIDIA Graphics drivers are software for NVIDIA Graphics GPU installed on the PC. They are used to communicate between th...

Vulnerabilities fixed in NVIDIA drivers

NVIDIA has fixed vulnerabilities in its GPU drivers for Windows and Linux. A malicious party could exploit the vulnerabilities to causing the following categories of damage: Denial-of-Service DoS. Data manipulation. Remote code execution Administrator/Root privileges Increased user privileges The...

CVE-2021-44903

Micro-Star International MSI Center Pro = 2.0.16.0 is vulnerable to multiple Privilege Escalation LPE/EoP vulnerabilities in the atidgllk.sys, atillk64.sys, MODAPI.sys, NTIOLib.sys, NTIOLibX64.sys, WinRing0.sys, WinRing0x64.sys drivers components. All the vulnerabilities are triggered by sending...

CVE-2021-44903

Micro-Star International MSI Center Pro = 2.0.16.0 is vulnerable to multiple Privilege Escalation LPE/EoP vulnerabilities in the atidgllk.sys, atillk64.sys, MODAPI.sys, NTIOLib.sys, NTIOLibX64.sys, WinRing0.sys, WinRing0x64.sys drivers components. All the vulnerabilities are triggered by sending...

CVE-2021-44899

Micro-Star International MSI Center = 1.0.31.0 is vulnerable to multiple Privilege Escalation vulnerabilities in the atidgllk.sys, atillk64.sys, MODAPI.sys, NTIOLib.sys, NTIOLibX64.sys, WinRing0.sys, WinRing0x64.sys drivers components. All the vulnerabilities are triggered by sending specific IOC...

CVE-2021-44901

Micro-Star International MSI Dragon Center = 2.0.116.0 is vulnerable to multiple Privilege Escalation LPE/EoP vulnerabilities in the atidgllk.sys, atillk64.sys, MODAPI.sys, NTIOLib.sys, NTIOLibX64.sys, WinRing0.sys, WinRing0x64.sys drivers components. All the vulnerabilities are triggered by...

Improve kernel security with the new Microsoft Vulnerable and Malicious Driver Reporting Center

Windows 10 and Windows 11 have continued to raise the security bar for drivers running in the kernel. Kernel-mode driver publishers must pass the Hardware Lab Kit HLK compatibility tests, malware scanning, and prove their identity through extended validation EV certificates. This has significantl...

Vulnerabilities fixed in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver

Vulnerabilities have been fixed in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver. The vulnerabilities allow a malicious person to carry out attacks execute attacks that result in the following categories of damage: Denial-of-Service DoS. Manipulation of data Access to system data Increased user privileges NVIDIA has...

AcidBox Malware Uncovered Using Repurposed VirtualBox Exploit

Advanced malware, dubbed AcidBox, has been identified by researchers who say a mysterious cybergang used it twice against Russian organizations as far back as 2017. In a report released Wednesday, Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 sheds new light onto attacks against the popular open-source...