China's APT3 Pilfers Cyberweapons from the NSA

The advanced persistent threat APT group known as APT3, which researchers across the board link to the Chinese government, has built a full in-house battery of exploits and cybertools collectively dubbed “UPSynergy.” An analysis of the toolkit has uncovered a geopolitical cat-and-mouse spy game: ...

Microsoft Exchange 2003 base64-MIME Remote Code Execution

Python 2.7 included with ImmunityDBG Exchange 2003 SP0 base64-MIME memory corruption NSA's ENGLISHMANSDENTIST Platform: Windows Server 2003 R2 Shout out to the Equation Group, NSA Tailored Access Operations Author: Charles Truscott @r0ss1n1 Shout out to Offensive Security, from Australia with Lov...

Microsoft Exchange 2003 - base64-MIME Remote Code Execution Exploit

Python 2.7 included with ImmunityDBG Exchange 2003 SP0 base64-MIME memory corruption NSA's ENGLISHMANSDENTIST Platform: Windows Server 2003 R2 Shout out to the Equation Group, NSA Tailored Access Operations Author: Charles Truscott @r0ss1n1 Shout out to Offensive Security, from Australia with Lov...

Microsoft Exchange 2003 - base64-MIME Remote Code Execution

Python 2.7 included with ImmunityDBG Exchange 2003 SP0 base64-MIME memory corruption NSA's ENGLISHMANSDENTIST Platform: Windows Server 2003 R2 Shout out to the Equation Group, NSA Tailored Access Operations Author: Charles Truscott @r0ss1n1 Shout out to Offensive Security, from Australia with Lov...

Microsoft Exchange 2003 - base64-MIME Remote Code Execution

Microsoft Exchange 2003 - base64-MIME Remote Code Execution Python 2.7 included with ImmunityDBG Exchange 2003 SP0 base64-MIME memory corruption NSA's ENGLISHMANSDENTIST Platform: Windows Server 2003 R2 Shout out to the Equation Group, NSA Tailored Access Operations Author: Charles Truscott...

Chinese Spies Stole NSA Cyberweapons Long Before Shadow Brokers Leak

Hacking tools allegedly developed by the National Security Agency NSA were being used in the wild by at least one APT long before the Shadow Brokers released the now-infamous trove of U.S. cyberweapons, new analysis suggests. According to researchers at Symantec, an attack group affiliated with t...

Chinese Hackers Used NSA Hacking Tools Before Shadow Brokers Leaked Them

In a shocking revelation, it turns out that a hacking group believed to be sponsored by Chinese intelligence had been using some of the zero-day exploits linked to the NSA's Equation Group almost a year before the mysterious Shadow Brokers group leaked them. According to a new report published by...

Cyber Espionage Campaign ‘Slingshot’ Targets Victims Via Routers

CANCUN, Mexico – Researchers have uncovered a new cyber-espionage threat, dubbed Slingshot, that targets routers and uses them as a springboard to attack computers within a network. Kaspersky Lab, which released details of its discovery during its Security Analyst Summit on Friday, said that the...

Investigation Report for the September 2014 Equation malware detection incident in the US

Background In early October, a story was published by the Wall Street Journal alleging Kaspersky Lab software was used to siphon classified data from an NSA employee's home computer system. Given that Kaspersky Lab has been at the forefront of fighting cyberespionage and cybercriminal activities ...

Solaris XDR RPC Request Handling RCE (April 2017 CPU) (EBBISLAND / EBBSHAVE)

Binary data rpcebbshave.nbin...

ShadowBrokers Releases NSA UNITEDRAKE Manual

The ShadowBrokers released the manual for UNITEDRAKE, a sophisticated NSA Trojan that targets Windows machines: Able to compromise Windows PCs running on XP, Windows Server 2003 and 2008, Vista, Windows 7 SP 1 and below, as well as Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, the attack tool acts as a...

'Shadow Brokers' Threatens to Unmask A Hacker Who Worked With NSA

The Shadow Brokers, a notorious hacking group that leaked US cyberweapons — which were also abused by the recent ransomware disasters WannaCry and Petya or NotPetya — has now threatened to unmask the identity of a former hacker who worked for the NSA. Besides this, the Shadow Brokers group has al...

suidperl Privilege Escalation (PROCSUID)

The suidperl application is installed on the remote host. It is, therefore, affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows a local attacker to gain root privileges. PROCSUID is one of multiple Equation Group vulnerabilities and exploits disclosed on 2017/04/08 by a group known as th...

Netscape Enterprise Server Basic Authentication Buffer Overflow RCE (EGGBASKET/XP_NS-HTTPD)

According to its banner, the Netscape Enterprise Server running on the remote host is either version 3.6 or 3.6 SP1. It is, therefore, affected by a buffer overflow condition in the HTTP Basic Authentication module of the server. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to execute...

Cobalt RaQ4 Administrative Interface backup.cgi Command Execution (EXTINCTSPINACH)

The Cobalt RaQ4 administrative interface running on the remote host is affected by a remote command execution vulnerability in the /cgi-bin/.cobalt/backup/backup.cgi script. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to execute arbitrary commands. EXTINCTSPINACH is one of multiple...

More Hacking Groups Found Exploiting SMB Flaw Weeks Before WannaCry

Since the Shadow Brokers released the zero-day software vulnerabilities and hacking tools – allegedly belonged to the NSA's elite hacking team Equation Group – several hacking groups and individual hackers have started using them in their own way. The April's data dump was believed to be the most...

Microsoft Windows MS17-010 EternalBlue SMB Remote Windows Kernel Pool Corruption Exploit

This Metasploit module is a port of the Equation Group ETERNALBLUE exploit, part of the FuzzBunch toolkit released by Shadow Brokers. There is a buffer overflow memmove operation in Srv!SrvOs2FeaToNt. The size is calculated in Srv!SrvOs2FeaListSizeToNt, with mathematical error where a DWORD is...

Solaris 10 (x86) : 152650-02 : dtappgather Arbitrary Directory Creation Local Privilege Escalation (EXTREMEPARR)

The remote Solaris host is missing patch number 152650-02. It is, therefore, affected by a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the dtappgather binary due to improper handling of user-supplied arguments. A local attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted command, to manipulate file...

Solaris 10 (sparc) : 152649-02 : dtappgather Arbitrary Directory Creation Local Privilege Escalation (EXTREMEPARR)

The remote Solaris host is missing patch number 152649-02. It is, therefore, affected by a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the dtappgather binary due to improper handling of user-supplied arguments. A local attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted command, to manipulate file...

IBM Domino IMAP EXAMINE Command Handling RCE (EMPHASISMINE)

According to its banner, the version of IBM Domino formerly IBM Lotus Domino running on the remote host is 8.5.1, 8.5.2, or 8.5.3 prior to 8.5.3 FP6 IF17, or else it is 9.0.0 or 9.0.1 prior to 9.0.1 FP8 IF2. It is, therefore, affected by a remote code execution vulnerability due to improper...