Heap overflow

The xfrmreplayverifylen function in net/xfrm/xfrmuser.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.6 does not validate certain size data after an XFRMMSGNEWAE update, which allows local users to obtain root privileges or cause a denial of service heap-based out-of-bounds access by leveraging the CAPNETADMI...

CVE-2017-7184

The xfrmreplayverifylen function in net/xfrm/xfrmuser.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.6 does not validate certain size data after an XFRMMSGNEWAE update, which allows local users to obtain root privileges or cause a denial of service heap-based out-of-bounds access by leveraging the CAPNETADMI...

CVE-2017-7184

The CVE-2017-7184 issue affects the Linux kernel xfrm subsystem, where xfrm_replay_verify_len in net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c up to 4.10.6 does not validate certain size data after an XFRM_MSG_NEWAE update, enabling a local attacker with CAP_NET_ADMIN to cause a heap-based out-of-bounds access and potent...

CVE-2017-7184

The xfrmreplayverifylen function in net/xfrm/xfrmuser.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.6 does not validate certain size data after an XFRMMSGNEWAE update, which allows local users to obtain root privileges or cause a denial of service heap-based out-of-bounds access by leveraging the CAPNETADMI...

CVE-2017-7184

The xfrmreplayverifylen function in net/xfrm/xfrmuser.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.6 does not validate certain size data after an XFRMMSGNEWAE update, which allows local users to obtain root privileges or cause a denial of service heap-based out-of-bounds access by leveraging the CAPNETADMI...

VM Escape Earns Hackers $105K at Pwn2Own

Hackers managed to take down Microsoft Edge and escape a virtual machine to boot on the third day of Pwn2Own early Friday. Members from Qihoo’s 360 Security Team carried out the VM exploit, earning the group $105,000, by far the highest amount awarded to a group at the hacking challenge this week...

On Pwn2Own, Patch Tuesday, and SAP Bugs

Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook discuss the news of the week, including Pwn2Own 2017, Microsoft’s silence around February’s Patch Tuesday, and a nasty SAP bug. Download: ThreatpostNewsWrapMarch172017.mp3 Music by Chris Gonsalves...

firefox -- integer overflow in createImageBitmap()

The Mozilla Foundation reports: An integer overflow in createImageBitmap was reported through the Pwn2Own contest. The fix for this vulnerability disables the experimental extensions to the createImageBitmap API. This function runs in the content sandbox, requiring a second vulnerability to...

Hackers Take Down Reader, Safari, Edge, Ubuntu Linux at Pwn2Own 2017

Hackers took down Adobe Reader, Apple Safari, Microsoft Edge, and Ubuntu Linux over the course of 11 hours on Wednesday, the first day of Pwn2Own, the annual hacking competition held in tandem with the CanSecWest conference in Vancouver. Contestants with the Chinese security firm Qihoo 360 were t...

Adobe Fixes Six Code Execution Bugs in Flash

Adobe on Tuesday patched seven vulnerabilities in Flash Player, six that could lead to code execution. The company said it isn’t aware of any of the vulnerabilities being exploited in the wild but is still encouraging users to update Flash for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Chrome OS. The...

Dino Dai Zovi on Securing Linux in Modern Workloads

Security researcher Dino Dai Zovi talks to Mike Mimoso about a new company he cofounded called Capsule8—which left stealth mode on Wednesday—that will help IT organizations counter threats to Linux infrastructures in the enterprise and cloud. Dai Zovi also talks about the 10-year anniversary of h...

Four High-Severity Chrome Vulnerabilities Earn Researcher $32K in Rewards

For the second time in less than a year, researcher Mariusz Mlynski has earned more than $30,000 through Google’s Chrome Rewards program. Google on Wednesday released Chrome 56.0.02924.76 for Windows, Mac and Linux platforms, and Mlynski was credited with finding and disclosing four high-severity...

On the Dyn DDoS Attack, Keen Team, and a Phony Windows Installer

Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook recap the news of the week, including the storylines around last week’s Dyn DDoS attack, Keen Team winning big again at Pwn2Own, and a fake Windows installer. Download: ThreatpostNewsWrapOctober282016.mp3 Music by Chris Gonsalves...

Chinese Hackers won $215,000 for Hacking iPhone and Google Nexus at Mobile Pwn2Own

The Tencent Keen Security Lab Team from China has won a total prize money of $215,000 in the 2016 Mobile Pwn2Own contest run by Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative ZDI in Tokyo, Japan. Despite the implementation of high-security measures in current devices, the famous Chinese hackers crew has...

Google Fixes 48 Bugs, Sandbox Escape, in Chrome

Google has patched a high-risk vulnerability in its Chrome browser that allows an attacker to escape the Chrome sandbox. That vulnerability is one of 48 bugs fixed in version 52 of Chrome released Wednesday. Four dozen of those flaws are rated as high risks and Google paid out more than $22,000 i...

Researcher Pockets $30,000 in Chrome Bounties

Security researcher Mariusz Mlynski is having a good month. Having cashed in earlier in May to the tune of $15,500, Mlynski pocketed another $30,000 courtesy of Google’s bug bounty program after four high-severity vulnerabilities were patched in the Chrome browser, each worth $7,500 to the...

(Pwn2Own) Apple OS X fontd Sandbox Escape Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Apple OS X. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the sandbox policy for the fontd process. The issue lies in the failure to properly ensure...

(Pwn2Own) Apple Safari TextTrack Object Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Apple Safari. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the way Safari...

3 6 0 Marvel Team virtualization vulnerabilities the fifth bomb: CVE-2 0 1 6-3 7 1 0 Dark Portal vulnerability analysis-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

From 2 0 1 5 year 5 month venom vulnerabilities raging global Cloud Platform, 3 6 0 Marvel Team accumulated in kvm, xen, vmware platform on found submitted up to 2 2 pieces of high-risk security 0day vulnerabilities, these vulnerabilities will lead to a General purpose cloud system was hacked...

Google Fixes Four Critical Vulnerabilities in Latest Chrome Build

Google pushed out the latest version of Chrome Thursday afternoon, fixing five issues, four of them critical. The update remedies an out-of-bounds read in Chrome’s open source JavaScript engine V8, two use-after-free vulnerabilities – one in Navigation and one in Extensions – and a buffer overflo...