CVE-2018-0986

A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine does not properly scan a specially crafted file, leading to memory corruption, aka "Microsoft Malware Protection Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability." This affects Windows Defender, Windows Intune...

Remote code execution

A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine does not properly scan a specially crafted file, leading to memory corruption, aka "Microsoft Malware Protection Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability." This affects Windows Defender, Windows Intune...

CVE-2018-0986

CVE-2018-0986 (Microsoft Malware Protection Engine RCE) arises when the engine fails to properly scan a specially crafted file, causing memory corruption. This enables an attacker to execute arbitrary code with Local System privileges on affected systems, potentially taking control. Affected prod...

CVE-2018-0986

A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine does not properly scan a specially crafted file, leading to memory corruption, aka "Microsoft Malware Protection Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability." This affects Windows Defender, Windows Intune...

Sophos Endpoint Protection 10.7 Tamper Protection Bypass

Credits: John Page aka hyp3rlinx + Website: hyp3rlinx.altervista.org + Source: http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/SOPHOS-ENDPOINT-PROTECTION-v10.7-TAMPER-PROTECTION-BYPASS-CVE-2018-4863.txt + ISR: Apparition Security Vendor: ============= www.sophos.com Product: =========== Sophos...

Sophos Endpoint Protection 10.7 Tamper Protection Bypass Vulnerability

Sophos Endpoint Protection version 10.7 suffers from a tamper protection bypass vulnerability. + Credits: John Page aka hyp3rlinx Vendor: ============= www.sophos.com Product: =========== Sophos Endpoint Protection v10.7 Sophos Endpoint Protection helps secure your workstation by adding preventio...

Sophos Endpoint Protection 10.7 Insecure Cryptography Vulnerability

Sophos Endpoint Protection version 10.7 control panel authentication uses a weak unsalted unicoded cryptographic hash SHA1 function. Not using a salt allows attackers that gain access to hash ability to conduct faster cracking attacks using pre-computed dictionaries, e.g. rainbow tables. This can...

Sophos Endpoint Protection 10.7 Insecure Cryptography

Credits: John Page aka hyp3rlinx + Website: hyp3rlinx.altervista.org + Source: http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/SOPHOS-ENDPOINT-PROTECTION-CONTROL-PANEL-v10.7-INSECURE-CRYPTO-CVE-2018-9233.txt + ISR: Apparition Security Vendor: ========== www.sophos.com Product: =========== Sophos...

Carbon Black Strengthens Relationship with VMware, Supports Workspace ONE Trust Network

As organizations continue to move toward digital transformation, the digital workspace ecosystem of users, apps, endpoints, and networks continues to grow and evolve beyond the traditional perimeter. While the traditional perimeter dissolves, cyber threats evolve and new ones emerge. Security...

With the Predictive Security Cloud (PSC) Leading the Way, Carbon Black is Named One the “Coolest 20 Vendors in Endpoint Security” by CRN

Editor’s Note: Victor Baez, Carbon Black’s VP of WW Channel and this blog’s author, was recently named a 2018 CRN Channel Chief. As part of CRN's annual Security 100 list, 20 endpoint companies have been named “Coolest Endpoint Security Vendors of 2018.” Carbon Black is among them. We are honored...

Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager File Upload

File upload vulnerability in Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager Vulnerability Type: File Upload For the exploit source code contact DSquare Security sales team...

Carbon Black Wins Two Cybersecurity Excellence Awards – Best Company and Best Endpoint Security

We’re excited to announce the 2018 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards have recognized Carbon Black as the silver winner for the “Best Cybersecurity Company ” and Cb Defense with Streaming Prevention as the silver winner for the “Best Endpoint Security Product.” The 2018 Cybersecurity Excellence Awar...

This Week in Security News: Magic Quadrants & Global Threats

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, Gartner released its Magic Quadrant Leaders, Data Privacy Day gave us a moment to reflect, and U.K. and U.S. governments alike acted to...

Inside the MSRC – How we recognize our researchers

This is the first of a series of blog entries to give some insight into the Microsoft Security Response Center MSRC business and how we work with security researchers and vulnerability reports. The Microsoft Security Response Center actively recognizes those security researchers who help us to...

Gartner recognizes Malwarebytes as a “Visionary” in the Magic Quadrant

I’m proud to announce that Gartner has recognized Malwarebytes as a “visionary” in the 2018 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms. Malwarebytes was selected for its completeness of vision and ability to execute. Our goal is to give every user a malware-free experience and empow...

Carbon Black Named a Visionary in Gartner’s 2018 Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms

For the second consecutive year, Carbon Black has been named a “Visionary” in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms. For this year’s edition of the MQ, Gartner evaluated Cb Defense, our flagship solution built on the Cb Predictive Security Cloud ™ PSC. Our vision for the PSC ...

January Release Brings Improved Enterprise Management to Cb Defense

As a network of computers gets larger, the challenges and risks of keep systems consistently protected and in compliance increases. This means that, with a huge number of dispersed endpoints to keep watch over, security administrators at enterprise organizations often spend too much time deployin...

Patch Tuesday, December 2017 Edition

The final Patch Tuesday of the year is upon us, with Adobe and Microsoft each issuing security updates for their software once again. Redmond fixed problems with various flavors of Windows, Microsoft Edge, Office, Exchange and its Malware Protection Engine. And of course Adobe's got another...

Microsoft Malware Protection Engine < 1.1.14405.2 RCE

The version of Microsoft Malware Protection Engine MMPE installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 1.1.14405.2. It is, therefore, affected by a remote code execution vulnerability. Note that Nessus has checked if a vulnerable version of MMPE is being used by any of the following application...

Microsoft Issues Emergency Windows Security Update For A Critical Vulnerability

Microsoft has just released an emergency security patch to address a critical remote code execution RCE vulnerability in its Malware Protection Engine MPE that could allow an attacker to take full control of a victim's PC. Enabled by default, Microsoft Malware Protection Engine offers the core...