firefox: multiple issues

CVE-2015-0817 arbitrary remote code execution: Security researcher ilxu1a reported, through HP Zero Day Initiative's Pwn2Own contest, a flaw in Mozilla's implementation of typed array bounds checking in JavaScript just-in-time compilation JIT and its management of bounds checking for heap access...

All Major Browsers Fall At Pwn2Own Day Two

Two researchers on Thursday took down the four major browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Apple Safari, as Pwn2Own, the annual hacking contest that runs in tandem at CanSecWest, wound down in Vancouver. The story of the day was Korean researcher Jung Hoon Lee...

Privilege escalation through SVG navigation — Mozilla

Security researcher Mariusz Mlynski reported, through HP Zero Day Initiative's Pwn2Own contest, a method to run arbitrary scripts in a privileged context. This bypassed the same-origin policy protections by using a flaw in the processing of SVG format content navigation...

Flash, Reader, Firefox and IE All Fall On First Day of Pwn2Own

Four different research teams on Wednesday cracked four products–Adobe Flash, Reader, Mozilla Firefox, and Microsoft Internet Explorer—and collectively earned a payout of $317,000 on the first day of Pwn2Own 2015. The annual hacking contest, which kicked off Wednesday in Vancouver, runs...

Google Pwnium Program Now Open All Year

Google is expanding its successful Pwnium vulnerability reward program–which has run at various security conferences for a couple of years now–to run continuously and offer an unlimited pool of financial rewards. Pwnium originally was established as an alternative to the Pwn2Own hacking contest a...

Google Offers Bug Bounty Vulnerability Research Grants

Google last week announced that it has instituted a program for 2015 in which researchers can receive up to 3,133.70 in grant money for bug hunting. Researchers must apply for the grants, which will be an up-front award that will be paid out before a bug is submitted, Google said. “Researchers’...

HP's Zero Day Initiative Changes Bug-Buying Guidelines

HP’s Zero Day Initiative has decided to adjust its guidelines and criteria or buying some vulnerabilities in the future, eliminating some large classes of bugs from its menu. The group, which has been among the more visible and prominent of the vulnerability purchasing programs since its inceptio...

(Pwn2Own) Apple OS X WindowsServer Sandbox Escape Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Apple OS X. 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 WindowServer. The iss...

Windows Phone Sandbox Holds Up at Mobile Pwn2Own

The Mobile Pwn2Own hacking contest ended today as did the PacSec Applied Security Conference in Tokyo with hackers unable to gain complete control over a Windows Phone and the latest version of the Android mobile OS. Contest sponsors HP said two competitors, Nico Joly and Juri Aedla, were able to...

Exploit-Selling Firm Kept Internet Explorer Zero-Day Vulnerability Hidden for 3 Years

A French information security company VUPEN has recently disclosed that it held onto a serious Internet Explorer IE vulnerability for at least three years before revealing it at the Pwn2Own hacker competition held in March this year. The critical zero-day vulnerability affected versions 8, 9, 10...

VUPEN Security Research - Microsoft Internet Explorer "ShowSaveFileDialog()" Sandbox Bypass (Pwn2Own 2014)

VUPEN Security Research - Microsoft Internet Explorer "ShowSaveFileDialog" Protected Mode Sandbox Bypass Pwn2Own 2014 Website : http://www.vupen.com Twitter : http://twitter.com/vupen I. BACKGROUND --------------------- "Microsoft Internet Explorer is a web browser developed by Microsoft and...

VUPEN Security Research - Microsoft Internet Explorer CSS @import Memory Corruption (Pwn2Own 2014)

VUPEN Security Research - Microsoft Internet Explorer CSS @import Memory Corruption Pwn2Own 2014 Website : http://www.vupen.com Twitter : http://twitter.com/vupen I. BACKGROUND --------------------- "Microsoft Internet Explorer is a web browser developed by Microsoft and included as part of the...

Immunity Canvas: MS14_040

Name| ms14040 ---|--- CVE| CVE-2014-1767 Exploit Pack| CANVAS Description| AFD.SYS dangling pointer vulnerability Notes| Repeatability: Infinite Notes: This vulnerability affects Microsoft Windows from XP to 8.1, although the exploit is not available for every version. This module automatically...

MS10-002 Internet Explorer Object Memory Use-After-Free

No description provided by source. This file is part of the Metasploit Framework and may be subject to redistribution and commercial restrictions. Please see the Metasploit Framework web site for more information on licensing and terms of use. http://metasploit.com/framework/ require 'msf/core'...

(Pwn2Own) Microsoft Internet Explorer Protected Mode Bypass Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Microsoft Internet Explorer. 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...

VUPEN Security Research - Adobe Acrobat & Reader XI-X Barcode Heap Overflow (Pwn2Own)

VUPEN Security Research - Adobe Acrobat & Reader XI-X Barcode Heap Overflow Pwn2Own Website : http://www.vupen.com Twitter : http://twitter.com/vupen I. BACKGROUND --------------------- Adobe Acrobat and Reader are the global standards for electronic document sharing. They are used to create, vie...

VUPEN Discloses Details of Patched Firefox Pwn2Own Zero-Days

Contestants at this year’s Pwn2Own contest made no bones about it: they were going after browsers and as it turned out, Firefox had the biggest target on its back. Mozilla’s popular browser was popped four times during the Canadian hacker festival accounting for a quarter of the $800,000-plus in...

flash-plugin: use-after-free flaw leads to arbitrary code execution

Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player 12.0.0.77 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code and bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via unspecified vectors, as demonstrated by Zeguang Zhao and Liang Chen during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2014...

MS KB2957151: Update for Vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player in Internet Explorer

The remote host is missing KB2957151. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - An unspecified use-after-free vulnerability exists that could allow for the execution of arbitrary code. CVE-2014-0510 - An unspecified vulnerability exists that could be used to bypass the same origi...

May 2014 Microsoft Patch Tuesday Security Updates

As expected, Microsoft today pushed its largest batch of Patch Tuesday updates so far this year today – eight bulletins, two critical – addressing 13 issues in Internet Explorer and Sharepoint Server, along with Windows, Office and its .NET Framework. The first critical issue that involves IE...