Samsung Galaxy S4 and iPhone 5 zero-day exploits revealed at Pwn2Own 2013 Contest

At Information Security Conference PacSec 2013 in Tokyo, Apple’s Safari browser for the iPhone 5 and the Samsung Galaxy S4 have been exploited by two teams of Japanese and Chinese white hat hackers. In HP's Pwn2Own 2013 contest, Japanese squad Team MBSD, of Mitsui Bussan Secure Directions won won...

Mobile Pwn2Own Offers $300k For Zero Days

It’s a good time to be a security researcher. If you have the time and talent to find vulnerabilities in widely deployed applications, there is a lot of money out there for the taking, and not just from the bug bounty programs and regular exploit buyers. The latest iteration of the Pwn2Own hackin...

MS13-053 Win32k Memory Allocation Vulnerability

win32k.sys in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, and Windows RT does not properly handle objects in memory, which allows local users to gain...

Researchers, Vendors Await Google Disclosure Fallout

The endless loop that is the disclosure debate got a jolt of energy yesterday when Google said it would support researchers’ disclosure of details on actively exploited critical vulnerabilities just seven days after the researcher has notified the vendor in question. Google hopes the policy...

VUPEN Security Research - Microsoft Internet Explorer 10-9 Object Confusion Sandbox Bypass (MS13-037 / Pwn2Own)

VUPEN Security Research - Microsoft Internet Explorer 10-9 Object Confusion Sandbox Bypass MS13-037 / Pwn2Own 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...

acroread: Unspecified vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code (CanSecWest 2013)

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Reader 11.0.02 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to a "break into the sandbox," as demonstrated by George Hotz during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2013...

JDK: unspecified sanbox bypass (CanSecWest 2013, 2D)

The Java Runtime Environment JRE component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 17 and earlier, 6 Update 43 and earlier, 5.0 Update 41 and earlier, and JavaFX 2.2.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to 2D, as demonstrated by Joshua Drake during a Pwn2Own...

Microsoft Patches IE Zero Day Used In Watering Hole Attack

Microsoft wasted no time today delivering a patch for the Internet Explorer 8 vulnerability being exploited in watering hole attacks carried out against the U.S. Department of Labor website and nine others worldwide. Today’s Patch Tuesday security updates also include a fix for IE vulnerabilities...

Microsoft Patch Tuesday to fix critical IE8 zero-day flaw

This coming Tuesday, Microsoft will issue fixes for 33 vulnerabilities in total, including two critical zero-day flaws relating to Internet Explorer recently discovered that has been used to attack several high-profile targets. Internet Explorer 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 are the recipients of a patch tha...

Microsoft Patch Tuesday to fix critical IE8 zero-day flaw

This coming Tuesday, Microsoft will issue fixes for 33 vulnerabilities in total, including two critical zero-day flaws relating to Internet Explorer recently discovered that has been used to attack several high-profile targets. Internet Explorer 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 are the recipients of a patch tha...

Details Available for Chrome, Java Pwn2Own Flaws

Details have been disclosed about vulnerabilities exploited in Chrome and Java during the Pwn2Own contest. Google made patches available for the Chrome flaw within 24 hours, while Oracle patched Java fully last week. Details were not disclosed by the researchers, who netted tens of thousands for...

VUPEN Security Research - Adobe Flash Player RTMP Data Processing Object Confusion (CVE-2013-2555)

VUPEN Security Research - Adobe Flash Player RTMP Data Processing Object Confusion Code Execution CVE-2013-2555 Website : http://www.vupen.com Twitter : http://twitter.com/vupen I. BACKGROUND --------------------- Adobe Flash Player is a cross-platform browser-based application runtime that...

OpenJDK: JDBC driver manager improper toString calls (CanSecWest 2013, Libraries, 8009814)

The Java Runtime Environment JRE component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 17 and earlier, and OpenJDK 6 and 7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors involving reflection, Libraries, "improper toString calls," and the JDBC driver manager, as demonstrated by James...

Microsoft: Uninstall Faulty Patch Tuesday Security Update

Microsoft announced last night that it has stopped pushing a security update originally released on Patch Tuesday because the fix is causing some PCs to blue screen. Microsoft recommends users uninstall the patch, which is also causing compatibility with some endpoint security software. “We’ve...

flash-plugin: Remote attackers able to execute arbitrary code via vectors that leverage an 'overflow' (CanSecWest 2013)

Integer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.75 and 11.x before 11.7.700.169 on Windows and Mac OS X, before 10.3.183.75 and 11.x before 11.2.202.280 on Linux, before 11.1.111.50 on Android 2.x and 3.x, and before 11.1.115.54 on Android 4.x; Adobe AIR before 3.7.0.1530; and Adobe AIR SD...

Pwn2Own IE Vulnerabilities Missing from Microsoft Patch Tuesday Updates

UPDATE – In an unexpected turn, Microsoft’s monthly Patch Tuesday security updates released today did not include patches for Internet Explorer vulnerabilities used during the Pwn2Own contest one month ago. The popular hacker contest attracted researchers from all over who were targeting all the...

Microsoft Expected to Patch Pwn2Own IE Vulnerabilities

Appropriately enough for the start of the baseball season, Microsoft is going to go 4-for-4 and release another set of critical Internet Explorer patches on Tuesday, the fourth consecutive month in which serious vulnerabilities in the browser are being addressed in Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday month...

VUPEN Security Research - Mozilla Firefox "nsHTMLEditRules" Use-After-Free (MFSA-2013-29 / CVE-2013-0787)

VUPEN Security Research - Mozilla Firefox "nsHTMLEditRules" Use-After-Free MFSA-2013-29 / CVE-2013-0787 Website : http://www.vupen.com Twitter : http://twitter.com/vupen I. BACKGROUND --------------------- Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser coordinated by Mozilla Corporation an...

Microsoft flaw allows USB loaded with payload to bypass security controls

During March Patch Tuesday of 2013, Microsoft released seven new security bulletins, with four rated as critical, and others as Important. Most interesting one was MS13-027, which is rated as "important" because the attack requires physical access to the vulnerable machine. This flaw allows anyon...

Critical IE, Windows Kernel Flaws Patched

For the second month in a row, Microsoft has released a cumulative update for Internet Explorer, patching a number of critical remote code execution vulnerabilities in the browser, including one previously disclosed. It also patched a serious kernel mode driver vulnerability that could enable...