A week in security (January 1 – January 7)

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WordPress Plugin Duplicator Security Vulnerability

WordPress and WordPress plugin are both products of the WordPress Foundation.WordPress is a blogging platform developed using the PHP language. WordPress is a blogging platform developed in the PHP language that supports personal blogs on PHP and MySQL servers.WordPress plugin is an application...

PT-2024-10615

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Duplicator WordPress plugin versions prior to 1.3.0 Description The issue arises from the Duplicator WordPress plugin's installer script not properly escaping values when replacing them in WordPress configuration files. This could allow...

CVE-2023-47145

IBM Db2 for Windows includes Db2 Connect Server 10.5, 11.1, and 11.5 could allow a local user to escalate their privileges to the SYSTEM user using the MSI repair functionality. IBM X-Force ID: 270402...

IBM Db2 安全漏洞

IBM DB2 is a relational database management system from International Business Machines IBM. The main execution environments for this system are UNIX, Linux, IBMi, z/OS, and Windows server versions. An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in IBM DB2, which can be exploited by an attacker t...

Microsoft Disables App Installer After Feature is Abused for Malware

By Deeba Ahmed According to the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Team, threat actors labeled as 'financially motivated' utilize the ms-appinstaller URI scheme for malware distribution. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Microsoft Disables App Installer After Feature is Abused f...

Microsoft Disables MSIX App Installer Protocol Widely Used in Malware Attacks

Microsoft on Thursday said it's once again disabling the ms-appinstaller protocol handler by default following its abuse by multiple threat actors to distribute malware. "The observed threat actor activity abuses the current implementation of the ms-appinstaller protocol handler as an access vect...

Financially motivated threat actors misusing App Installer

Since mid-November 2023, Microsoft Threat Intelligence has observed threat actors, including financially motivated actors like Storm-0569, Storm-1113, Sangria Tempest, and Storm-1674, utilizing the ms-appinstaller URI scheme App Installer to distribute malware. In addition to ensuring that...

Carbanak Banking Malware Resurfaces with New Ransomware Tactics

The banking malware known as Carbanak has been observed being used in ransomware attacks with updated tactics. "The malware has adapted to incorporate attack vendors and techniques to diversify its effectiveness," cybersecurity firm NCC Group said in an analysis of ransomware attacks that took...

CVE-2023-48670

Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs version 3.14.1 and prior versions contain a privilege escalation vulnerability in the installer. A local low privileged authenticated attacker may potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to the execution of arbitrary executable on the operating system with...

CVE-2023-48670

Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs version 3.14.1 and prior versions contain a privilege escalation vulnerability in the installer. A local low privileged authenticated attacker may potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to the execution of arbitrary executable on the operating system with...

CVE-2023-48670

Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs version 3.14.1 and prior versions contain a privilege escalation vulnerability in the installer. A local low privileged authenticated attacker may potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to the execution of arbitrary executable on the operating system with...

CVE-2023-48670

Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs version 3.14.1 and prior versions contain a privilege escalation vulnerability in the installer. A local low privileged authenticated attacker may potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to the execution of arbitrary executable on the operating system with...

CVE-2023-48670

Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs version 3.14.1 and prior versions contain a privilege escalation vulnerability in the installer. A local low privileged authenticated attacker may potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to the execution of arbitrary executable on the operating system with...

Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs Code Issue Vulnerability

Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs is a client application for home computers from Dell USA. The program provides automated, proactive and predictive techniques for troubleshooting and more. A security vulnerability exists in Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs version 3.14.1 and prior versions, which...

PT-2023-30890 · Dell · Dell Supportassist

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs versions 3.14.1 and prior Description: A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the installer of Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs, allowing a local low-privileged authenticated attacker to potentially...

PT-2023-9006 · Microsoft · Windows Installer Service +1

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Microsoft Windows Installer Service affected versions not specified Description: The issue is related to the Microsoft Windows Installer Service and involves an elevation of privilege vulnerability. This vulnerability can be exploited to allo...

CVE-2023-49147

An issue was discovered in PDF24 Creator 11.14.0. The configuration of the msi installer file was found to produce a visible cmd.exe window when using the repair function of msiexec.exe. This allows an unprivileged local attacker to use a chain of actions e.g., an oplock on faxPrnInst.log to open...

CVE-2023-49147

An issue was discovered in PDF24 Creator 11.14.0. The configuration of the msi installer file was found to produce a visible cmd.exe window when using the repair function of msiexec.exe. This allows an unprivileged local attacker to use a chain of actions e.g., an oplock on faxPrnInst.log to open...

Code injection

An issue was discovered in PDF24 Creator 11.14.0. The configuration of the msi installer file was found to produce a visible cmd.exe window when using the repair function of msiexec.exe. This allows an unprivileged local attacker to use a chain of actions e.g., an oplock on faxPrnInst.log to open...