Early Windows 8 Users to Remain Vulnerable to Flash Exploits Until October

While Windows 8 won’t officially be released until Oct. 26, according to reports over the weekend, the operating system already has a handful of Flash holes that could open the system up to exploits by attackers. The problem stems from the system’s browser, Internet Explorer 10, that’s coming wit...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : glibc (MDKSA-2000:045-1)

A bug was discovered in ld.so that could allow local users to obtain root privileges. The dynamic loader, ld.so, is responsible for making shared libraries available within a program at run-time. Normally, a user is allowed to load additional shared libraries when executing a program; they can be...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : nfs-utils (MDKSA-2000:021)

A bug recently discovered in the nfs-utils package can theoretically be used for gaining remote root access. While there are currently no known exploits for this bug, we recommend upgrading to the latest version which fixes the bug. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : tmpwatch (MDKSA-2000:056)

Previous versions of tmpwatch contained a local denial of service and root exploits. This is due to using the fork command to recursively process subdirectories which would allow a local user to perform a denial of service attack. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descripti...

Chorus Grows Louder to Disable Java 7 After Exploit Hits Mainstream

More security researchers are recommending users disable the current version of Java after zero-day exploits gained traction in the Web world. Patrick Runald, director of security research for Websense, told PC World today that his team had uncovered more than 100 infected domains – a figure...

Details of New Java Exploit Emerge

More details about the new Java zero day vulnerability are emerging, and as the seriousness of the problem has become clear, researchers have recommended that users disable Java altogether for the time being if they don’t have a specific need for it. The vulnerability in Java first emerged late...

WebPA <= 1.1.0.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities

Exploit for php platform in category web applications :::::::-. ... ::::::. :::. ;;, ';, ;; ;;;;;;;, ;;; ' . ' $$, $$$$ $$$ $$$ "Y$c$$ 888,o8P'88 .d888 888 Y88 MMMMP" "YmmMMMM"" MMM YM Discovered by dun \ posdubatgmail.com 2012-08-23 WebPA fail'; fputs$fp, $headers; return $fp; function httprecv$...

Monstra CMS 1.2.1 - Multiple HTML Injection Vulnerabilities

Monstra 1.2.1 Multiple HTML Injection Vulnerabilities alert1;' / alert2;' / input type="hidden" name="day" value="21"...

Symantec Web Gateway Password Change Security Bypass Vulnerability

Symantec Web Gateway is prone to a security bypass vulnerability. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only CPE =...

CVE-2012-2977

creationtimestamp| type| source ---|---|--- 2012-08-21 00:00:00+00:00| confirmed| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20706 2012-08-21 00:00:00+00:00| confirmed| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20707...

Samsung Galaxy S2 World Writeable Directories

Note: I really don't know much about how one writes up vulnerabilities and exploits. I just wanted to root my phone, and found the following apparently previously unknown vulnerabilities. I reported them to Samsung two weeks ago. Affected devices: Vulnerabilities verified on Samsung Galaxy S2 for...

Email Trojan Targeting Defense, Aerospace and Other Industries

What has the makings of a targeted attack campaign against several high-value industries is using a Trojan that employs rigged PDFs to deliver its payload. Targeting organizations in the defense, chemical, technology, and aerospace industries, the MyAgent trojan is primarily spreading through ema...

Google Sweetens Bug Bounty Pot

Google officials say that they will be handing out bonuses on top of existing rewards to security researchers who report especially troublesome flaws as part of their bug bounty program. Formally known as the Chromium Vulnerability Rewards Program, Google wrote on the Chromium Blog that a number ...

ICS-CERT Warns of Serious Flaws in Tridium Niagara Software

The DHS and ICS-CERT are warning users of some popular Tridium Niagara AX industrial control system software about a series of major vulnerabilities in the applications that are remotely exploitable and could be used to take over vulnerable systems. The bugs, discovered by researchers Billy Rios...

Dorifel Malware Encrypts Files, Steals Financial Data, May Be Related to Zeus or Citadel

While much of the world was focused yesterday on the Gauss malware saga, there was another interesting infection happening, mainly in the Netherlands, that researchers think may be related to the Zeus and Citadel attacks, though the motivation behind the attack is somewhat of a mystery. The new...

7 Sepher SQL Injection

Exploit Title : 7sepehr SQL Injection Vulnerability Author : Tapco Security & Research Lab Discovered By : K0242 Home : sec-lab.ir Contact : research at sec-lab dot ir Portal Link : www.7sepehr.Com Security Risk : High DorK : "Powered by 7sepehr.com" Expl0iTs: www.target.com/contents.aspx?id=sqli...

Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client WebLaunch Session Hijack Vulnerability

Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client contains a vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to hijack WebLaunch sessions, which could allow the attacker to intercept sensitive information. The vulnerability is due to the failure to perform certificate name checking in an...

Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client IPsec Certificate Validation Vulnerability

Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client contains a vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks. The vulnerability exists because the affected software does not perform certificate name checking in an X.509 certificate when the software i...

Hotel Booking Portal 0.1 - Multiple SQL Injections Cross-Site Scripting

Hotel Booking Portal 0.1 - Multiple SQL Injections Cross-Site Scripting source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54980/info Hotel Booking Portal is prone to multiple SQL-injection vulnerabilities and cross-site scripting vulnerabilities because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied...

CVE-2012-2573

creationtimestamp| type| source ---|---|--- 2012-08-08 00:00:00+00:00| confirmed| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20364 2012-08-17 00:00:00+00:00| confirmed| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20579...