IT threat evolution Q2 2017

Targeted attacks and malware campaigns Back to the future: looking for a link between old and new APTs This year's Security Analyst Summit SAS included interesting research findings on several targeted attack campaigns. For example, researchers from Kaspersky Lab and King's College London present...

CVE-2017-0022

Microsoft XML Core Services MSXML in Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607; Windows 7 SP1; Windows 8.1; Windows RT 8.1; Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1; Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2; Windows Server 2016; and Windows Vista SP2 improperly handles objects in memory, allowing attackers to test for...

Faraday v2.3 - Collaborative Penetration Test and Vulnerability Management Platform

Faraday is the Integrated Multiuser Risk Environment you were looking for! It maps and leverages all the knowledge you generate in real time, letting you track and understand your audits. Our dashboard for CISOs and managers uncovers the impact and risk being assessed by the audit in real-time...

MS16-148: Description of the security update for Excel 2016: December 13, 2016

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CVE-2016-6366

Buffer overflow in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance ASA Software through 9.4.2.3 on ASA 5500, ASA 5500-X, ASA Services Module, ASA 1000V, ASAv, Firepower 9300 ASA Security Module, PIX, and FWSM devices allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via crafted IPv4 SNMP packets, aka...

Fitness trainer GymApp - Dynamic Code Loading, External URLs, SD-card access vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Fitness trainer GymApp published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Symantec Endpoint Protection Multiple Security Issues

SUMMARY Symantec Endpoint Protection SEP was susceptible to a number of security findings that could potentially result in an authorized but less privileged user gaining elevated access to the Management Console. SEP Client security mitigations can potentially be bypassed allowing arbitrary code...

CVE-2015-4902

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 6u101, 7u85, and 8u60 allows remote attackers to affect integrity via unknown vectors related to Deployment. Recent assessments: gwillcox-r7 at November 23, 2020 6:18pm UTC reported: Reported as exploited in the wild as part of Google’s 2020 0day...

CVE-2015-4495

The PDF reader in Mozilla Firefox before 39.0.3, Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.1.1, and Firefox OS before 2.2 allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy, and read arbitrary files or gain privileges, via vectors involving crafted JavaScript code and a native setter, as exploited in the...

Lynis 2.1.1 - Security Auditing Tool for Unix/Linux Systems

Lynis is an open source security auditing tool. Commonly used by system administrators, security professionals and auditors, to evaluate the security defenses of their Linux/Unix based systems. It runs on the host itself, so it can perform very extensive security scans. Supported operating system...

CVE-2015-2590

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 6u95, 7u80, and 8u45, and Java SE Embedded 7u75 and 8u33 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Libraries, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-4732. Recent assessments: gwillcox-...

CVE-2015-5123

Use-after-free vulnerability in the BitmapData class in the ActionScript 3 AS3 implementation in Adobe Flash Player 13.x through 13.0.0.302 on Windows and OS X, 14.x through 18.0.0.203 on Windows and OS X, 11.x through 11.2.202.481 on Linux, and 12.x through 18.0.0.204 on Linux Chrome installatio...

CVE-2015-2424

Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 SP3, Word 2007 SP3, PowerPoint 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2, PowerPoint 2013 SP1, Word 2013 SP1, and PowerPoint 2013 RT SP1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service memory corruption via a crafted Office document, aka “Microsoft Office...

CVE-2015-0313

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.269 and 14.x through 16.x before 16.0.0.305 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.442 on Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in February 2015, a different...

CVE-2014-4113

win32k.sys in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, a...

Blackhat 2014 Arsenal Experience

Last week at Blackhat Arsenal 2014, Pete and I @willis presented on Serpico. Arsenal was a great experience and I would highly recommend to anyone as an attendee or presenter. We got some great feedback on the project, so thank you to anyone who stopped by. Here were the top 3 feature requests an...

CVE-2011-3197

SQL injection vulnerability in Domain Technologie Control DTC before 0.34.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the addrlink parameter to shared/inc/forms/domaininfo.php. NOTE: CVE-2011-3197 has been SPLIT due to findings by different researchers. CVE-2011-5272...

strange_http_codes

Analyze HTTP response codes sent by the remote web application and report uncommon findings. Plugin type Grep Options This plugin doesnt have any user configured options. Source For more information about this plugin and the associated tests, theres always the source code to understand exactly...

code_disclosure

This plugin greps every page in order to find code disclosures. Basically it greps for ?.? and %.% using the re module and reports findings. Code disclosures are usually generated due to web server misconfigurations, or wierd web application "features". Plugin type Grep Options This plugin doesnt...

Serious Remote PHP Bug Accidentally Disclosed

A serious remote-code execution vulnerability in PHP was accidentally disclosed Wednesday, leading to fears of an outbreak of attacks on sites that were built using vulnerable versions of PHP. The bug has been known privately since January when a team of researchers used it in a capture the flag...