Xen vCPU context-switch implementation process security bypass vulnerability

Xen is an open source virtual machine monitor product developed at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. A security vulnerability in Xen's vCPU context-switch implementation allows an attacker to exploit the vulnerability to compromise ASLR and other protection mechanisms...

Is it Time to Can the CAN-SPAM Act?

Regulators at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission FTC are asking for public comment on the effectiveness of the CAN-SPAM Act, a 14-year-old federal law that seeks to crack down on unsolicited commercial email. Judging from an unscientific survey by this author, the FTC is bound to get an earful...

Erosion of ISP Privacy Rules Sparks New Anti-Snooping Efforts

Since Congress voted to prevent the implementation of new ISP privacy protections there has been a committed and sometimes loud call for new rules. The fear is, without adequate safeguards in place, ISPs will be free to build detailed customer profiles that include names, addresses and online...

CVE-2017-0639

An information disclosure vulnerability in Bluetooth component could enable a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission levels. This issue is rated as High because it is a general bypass for operating system protections that isolate application data from other...

Information disclosure

An information disclosure vulnerability in Bluetooth component could enable a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission levels. This issue is rated as High because it is a general bypass for operating system protections that isolate application data from other...

The vulnerability of the ColdFusion interpreter, which allows a hacker to modify the structure of a web page

The vulnerability of the ColdFusion interpreter exists due to the lack of measures taken to protect the structure of the web page. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to remotely alter the structure of the web page...

Information disclosure

An information disclosure vulnerability in File-Based Encryption could enable a local malicious attacker to bypass operating system protections for the lock screen. This issue is rated as Moderate due to the possibility of bypassing the lock screen. Product: Android. Versions: 7.0, 7.1.1. Android...

Information disclosure

An information disclosure vulnerability in the Framework APIs could enable a local malicious application to bypass operating system protections that isolate application data from other applications. This issue is rated as High because it could be used to gain access to data that the application...

CVE-2017-0593

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Framework APIs could enable a local malicious application to obtain access to custom permissions. This issue is rated as High because it is a general bypass for operating system protections that isolate application data from other applications...

CVE-2017-0493

An information disclosure vulnerability in File-Based Encryption could enable a local malicious attacker to bypass operating system protections for the lock screen. This issue is rated as Moderate due to the possibility of bypassing the lock screen. Product: Android. Versions: 7.0, 7.1.1. Android...

iOS Security Testing Framework: needle

iOS Security Testing Framework Needle is an open source, modular framework to streamline the process of conducting security assessments of iOS apps. Assessing the security of an iOS application typically requires a plethora of tools, each developed for a specific need and all with different modes...

CVE-2017-6624

A vulnerability in Cisco IOS 15.53M Software for Cisco CallManager Express CME could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to make unauthorized phone calls. The vulnerability is due to a configuration restriction in the toll-fraud protections component of the affected software. An attacker...

CVE-2017-6624

CVE-2017-6624 affects Cisco IOS 15.5(3)M Software for Cisco CallManager Express (CME). The issue stems from a configuration restriction in the toll-fraud protections component, allowing an unauthenticated, remote attacker to place unauthorized long-distance calls via an affected system. Connected...

Cisco CallManager Express Unauthorized Access Vulnerability

A vulnerability in Cisco IOS Software for Cisco CallManager Express CME could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to make unauthorized phone calls. The vulnerability is due to a configuration restriction in the toll-fraud protections component of the affected software. An attacker could...

UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5456

A mechanism to bypass file system access protections in the sandbox using the file system request constructor through an IPC message. This allows for read and write access to the local file system. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR 52.1 and Firefox 53...

CVE-2017-5456

A mechanism to bypass file system access protections in the sandbox using the file system request constructor through an IPC message. This allows for read and write access to the local file system. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR 52.1 and Firefox 53...

Whole-script confusable domain label spoofing

Posted by Xudong Zheng Before I explain the details of the vulnerability, you should take a look at the proof-of-concept. Punycode makes it possible to register domains with foreign characters. It works by converting individual domain label to an alternative format using only ASCII characters. Fo...

KB4015383: Security Updates for the libjpeg Information Disclosure Vulnerability (April 2017)

The remote Windows host is missing security updates. It is, therefore, affected by an information disclosure vulnerability in the open-source libjpeg image processing library due to improper handling of objects in memory. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to disclose sensitive...

Information disclosure

An information disclosure vulnerability in libmedia in Mediaserver could enable a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission levels. This issue is rated as High because it is a general bypass for operating system protections that isolate application data from other...

CVE-2017-0547

An information disclosure vulnerability in libmedia in Mediaserver could enable a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission levels. This issue is rated as High because it is a general bypass for operating system protections that isolate application data from other...