Don’t spend another weekend patching Chrome

As we head into the weekend, Google has released an emergency security update for the Chrome desktop web browser to address a high-severity vulnerability known to be exploited in the wild. This is the seventh Chrome zero-day fixed this year by Google. This security bug CVE-2022-3723; QID 377721 i...

Chrome Zero Day – Just Before the Weekend (again)

As we head into the weekend, Google has released an emergency security update for the Chrome desktop web browser to address a high-severity vulnerability known to be exploited in the wild. This is the seventh Chrome zero-day fixed this year by Google. This security bug CVE-2022-3723; QID 377721 i...

Qualys Research Team: Threat Thursdays, October 2022

Welcome to the third edition of the Qualys Research Team’s “Threat Research Thursday”, where we collect and curate notable new tools, techniques, procedures, threat intelligence, cybersecurity news, malware attacks, and more. Feedback on our second edition, Qualys Threat Research Thursday, is mor...

Text4Shell: Detect, Prioritize and Remediate The Risk Across On-premise, Cloud, Container Environment Using Qualys Platform

On 2022-10-13, Apache Security Team disclosed a critical vulnerability with CVE-2022-42889 affecting the popular Apache Commons Text library. This vulnerability is popularly named “Text4Shell” which when exploited can allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable...

Join Us November 7-10 for Qualys Security Conference 2022 Las Vegas!

Get ready for our annual event for cybersecurity professionals: Qualys Security Conference 2022 Las Vegas! This years theme is Get More Security which emphasizes simplifying security to drive better outcomes. At the event, you will experience two days of training followed by two days of keynotes,...

Fingerprinting Web Applications and APIs using Qualys Web Application Scanning

Decoding the impact of Fingerprinting Organizations develop an effective, actionable go-to-market plan to launch a profitable product into the target market. A go-to-market strategy predicts market demand by analyzing market research, competitor data, and previous examples. Without a solid...

Leeloo Multipath: Authorization bypass and symlink attack in multipathd (CVE-2022-41974 and CVE-2022-41973)

The Qualys Research Team has discovered two vulnerabilities in multipathd, the most important of which can be exploited for authorization bypass. Qualys recommends security teams apply patches for these vulnerabilities as soon as possible. The Qualys Research Team combined these two vulnerabiliti...

CVE-2022-42889: Detect Text4Shell via Qualys Container Security

A new critical vulnerability CVE-2022-42889 Text4Shell in Apache Commons Text library was reported by Alvaro Muñoz. The vulnerability, when exploited could result in remote code execution RCE applied to untrusted input due to insecure interpolation defaults. As a result, this CVE is rated at CVSS...

Metasploit Weekly Wrap-Up

Zimbra with Postfix LPE CVE-2022-3569 This week rbowes added an LPE exploit for Zimbra with Postfix. The exploit leverages a vulnerability whereby the Zimbra user can run postfix as root which in turn is capable of executing arbitrary shellscripts. This can be abused for reliable privilege...

CISA BOD 23-01: Meeting and Exceeding CISA Requirements with Qualys

The latest Binding Operational Directive from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA BOD 23-01 requires agencies to implement an essential cybersecurity practice within the next 6 months. While this new mandate impacts agencies directly, it also impacts their supply chain...

Not Your Average FIM: Why Customers Choose Qualys FIM

Choosing the right FIM solution is a crucial step for an organization. One should not need professional services just to onboard or manage. Traditional FIM solutions with legacy architecture are either too noisy or too hard to use. The market demands an intelligent FIM solution that is easy to...

Creating Awareness of External JavaScript Libraries in Web Applications

Qualys Web Application Scanning WAS routinely reviews and solicits customer feedback regarding vulnerabilities. This may be to enhance the detection or the detections reporting. Previously, all JavaScript libraries detected on an application are reported under the Information Gathering QID 150176...

Award-winning Qualys Vulnerability and Compliance Solution now available on IBM zSystems & LinuxONE

Todays modern IBM mainframe is central to hybrid cloud environments, valued by two-thirds of the Fortune 100 as a highly secured platform for running mission-critical workloads. Not surprisingly, according to a recent IBM commissioned study by Celent, it is estimated that 70% of global bank cards...

JSON Web Token (JWT) Weaknesses

JSON Web Tokens, or JWTs, are an encoded set of claims commonly seen in REST APIs and Single page web applications SPAs. These encoded claims are used to provide identification of the requester and other information related to accessing. It is a stateless mechanism, and the token is sent with eve...

In-Depth Look Into Data-Driven Science Behind Qualys TruRisk

Vulnerability Management is a foundational component of any cybersecurity program for the implementation of appropriate security controls and the management of cyber risk. Earlier this year Qualys introduced the latest iteration of its vulnerability management product VMDR 2.0 with TruRisk which...

WhatsApp Fixed Critical Vulnerabilities that Could Let an Attacker Hack Devices Remotely – Automatically Discover and Remediate Using VMDR Mobile

WhatsApp has recently fixed critical and high-severity vulnerabilities affecting WhatsApp for Android, WhatsApp Business for Android, WhatsApp for iOS, and WhatsApp Business for iOS. Exploiting these vulnerabilities would be the first step of an attacker installing any malware on the device. In...

Qualys Response to ProxyNotShell Microsoft Exchange Server Zero-Day Threat Using Qualys Cloud Platform

On September 29, 2022, active attacks against Microsoft Exchange were reported by Vietnamese cybersecurity company GTSC. The researcher at GTSC reported two critical vulnerabilities now named “ProxyNotShell” in Microsoft Exchange Server via two advisories issued by Zero Day Initiative:...

Spelunking Your Qualys Data with Splunk

For the uninitiated, “spelunking” is the exploration of underground caves and caverns, and it’s not for the faint of heart. This increasingly popular sport involves walking, climbing, crawling, or zip-lining blindly into the dark abyss with only a headlamp… and spiders and bats for company. Lucki...

Remediate Your Vulnerable Lenovo Systems with Qualys Custom Assessment and Remediation

Lenovo disclosed Multi-Vendor BIOS Security Vulnerabilities in September 2022 that affect multiple Lenovo devices. These are high severity vulnerabilities that have the potential of resulting in information disclosure, privilege escalation, and denial of service. Here are the related CVEs:...

Optimizing a Web Application Security Scan for bWAPP

Today almost all organizations have an online presence, with more information accessible at the click of a mouse, making customer experiences much more frictionless. Yet the delivery of great experiences also opens the door to potential hackers intent on compromising the website and its APIs...