CVE-2018-12542

In version from 3.0.0 to 3.5.3 of Eclipse Vert.x, the StaticHandler uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize '' forward slashes sequences that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory when...

List of Operating Systems for OSINT (Open-Source Intelligence)

PenTestIT RSS Feed All of you must be well versed with the term OSINT and it's meaning. Wikipedia defines OSINT as the data collected from publicly available sources to be used in an intelligence context. There are multiple sources and tools which help you find this information. A good example is...

CVE-2018-8333

An Elevation of Privilege vulnerability exists in Filter Manager when it improperly handles objects in memory, aka "Microsoft Filter Manager Elevation Of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows 7, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2019, Windows...

Privilege escalation

An Elevation of Privilege vulnerability exists in Filter Manager when it improperly handles objects in memory, aka "Microsoft Filter Manager Elevation Of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows 7, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2019, Windows...

ThreatList: Microsoft IIS Sees Triple-Digit Spike in Cyberattack Volume

Internet Information Services IIS, an extensible web server originally created by Microsoft for use with the Windows NT family, saw a whopping 782x increase in cyberattacks during the second quarter, according to analysis. According to eSentire’s latest threat report based on data gathered from...

UBUNTU-CVE-2018-4299

Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling. This issue affected versions prior to iOS 12, tvOS 12, watchOS 5, Safari 12, iTunes 12.9 for Windows, iCloud for Windows 7.7...

UBUNTU-CVE-2018-4208

In iOS before 11.3, Safari before 11.1, iCloud for Windows before 7.4, tvOS before 11.3, watchOS before 4.3, iTunes before 12.7.4 for Windows, unexpected interaction causes an ASSERT failure. This issue was addressed with improved checks...

PT-2018-3803

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions iOS versions prior to 12 macOS versions prior to 10.14 tvOS versions prior to 12 watchOS versions prior to 5 Description A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. The issue is related to a buffer overflow in memory...

Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-1506-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Debian SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 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 ifdescription...

Partnerstroka: Large tech support scam operation features latest browser locker

Tech support scams continue to be one of the top consumer threats in 2018, despite actions from security vendors and law enforcement. Scammers are constantly looking for new ways to reel in more victims, going beyond cold calls impersonating Microsoft to rogue tech support ads using the good name...

CVE-2018-8410

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Kernel API improperly handles registry objects in memory, aka "Windows Registry Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows 7, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, Windows Server...

Microsoft Windows kernel privilege exploit

Microsoft Windows 10 and others are a series of operating systems released by Microsoft Corporation in the U.S. Windows kernel is one of the Windows system kernels. An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way memory objects are handled in the Microsoft Windows kernel, which can be...

CVE-2018-12381

Manually dragging and dropping an Outlook email message into the browser will trigger a page navigation when the message's mail columns are incorrectly interpreted as a URL. Note: this issue only affects Windows operating systems with Outlook installed. Other operating systems are not affected...

Vulners Scanner - Vulnerability Scanner Based On Vulners.Com Audit API

PoC of a host-based vulnerability scanner, which uses vulners.com API. Detects operating system, collects installed packages and checks vulnerabilities in it. Supported OS Currently support collecting packages for these operating systems: Debian-based debian, kali, ubuntu Rhel-based redhat, cento...

DirectX Graphics Kernel Driver Privilege Escalation

The vulnerability of the DirectX Graphics Kernel Driver DXGKRNL on Windows operating systems is related to object handling errors in memory. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow attackers to enhance their privileges through a specially created application...

[SECURITY] Fedora 28 Update: qemu-2.11.2-2.fc28

QEMU is a generic and open source processor emulator which achieves a good emulation speed by using dynamic translation. QEMU has two operating modes: Full system emulation. In this mode, QEMU emulates a full system for example a PC, including a processor and various peripherials. It can be used ...

Microsoft Research Detours Package

Detours is a software package for monitoring and instrumenting API calls on Windows. Detours has been used by many ISVs and is also used by product teams at Microsoft. Detours is now available under a standard open source license MIT. This simplifies licensing for programmers using Detours and...

Foreshadow Attacks — 3 New Intel CPU Side-Channel Flaws Discovered

2018 has been quite a tough year for Intel. While the chip-maker giant is still dealing with Meltdown and Spectre processor vulnerabilities, yet another major speculative execution flaw has been revealed in Intel's Core and Xeon lines of processors that may leave users vulnerable to cyber-attacks...

Analysis and mitigation of L1 Terminal Fault (L1TF)

In January 2018, Microsoft released an advisory and security updates for a new class of hardware vulnerabilities involving speculative execution side channels known as Spectre and Meltdown. In this blog post, we will provide a technical analysis of a new speculative execution side channel...

Analysis and mitigation of L1 Terminal Fault (L1TF)

In January 2018, Microsoft released an advisory and security updates for a new class of hardware vulnerabilities involving speculative execution side channels known as Spectre and Meltdown. In this blog post, we will provide a technical analysis of a new speculative execution side channel...