GLSA-200406-02 : tripwire: Format string vulnerability

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200406-02 tripwire: Format string vulnerability The code that generates email reports contains a format string vulnerability in pipedmailmessage.cpp. Impact : With a carefully crafted filename on a local filesystem an attacker cou...

Microsoft Internet Explorer XML Object Zone Restriction Bypass Vulnerability

Description Microsoft has announced that a vulnerability exists in Internet Explorer when handling malicious XML objects. The problem is said to occur due to Internet Explorer failing to validate a supplied path when binding local data to the XML document. As a result, a malicious HTML containing...

Opera Web Browser 7 - IFRAME Zone Restriction Bypass

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8887/info A flaw in the Opera web browsers security model has been discovered that could allow an attacker to access a users filesystem within the Local Zone. The problem occurs when handling malformed HTML iframes which point to local system locations...

Adobe Acrobat does not adequately validate Acrobat JavaScript

Overview Adobe Acrobat contains a vulnerability in its JavaScript parsing engine that could allow an attacker to place arbitrary files on the local file system. Description Different versions of Adobe Acrobat software can create, modify, and read Portable Document Format PDF files. Acrobat...

Microsoft Office Web Components allows arbitary user to determine whether local file exists via Chart component "Load" method

Overview Microsoft Office Web Components OWC allows a malicious script on a web page to learn if a file exists on the client's filesystem. Description OWC allows viewing of Microsoft Office documents such as spreadsheets and charts to be viewed within an HTML document in Microsoft Internet Explor...

Avirt Gateway Suite 3.3/3.3 a/3.5 - Directory Creation

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/764/info The aVirt Mail Server has a weakness in the code that handles the RCPT TO command. By specifying a path in the command instead of an email recipient , an attacker could cause the mail server to create a directory in the server's local filesystem...

Avirt Gateway Suite 3.33.3 a3.5 - Directory Creation

Avirt Gateway Suite 3.33.3 a3.5 - Directory Creation source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/764/info The aVirt Mail Server has a weakness in the code that handles the RCPT TO command. By specifying a path in the command instead of an email recipient , an attacker could cause the mail server to...