July 11, 2017—KB4025331 (Monthly Rollup)

None None...

Security update for the Windows elevation of privilege vulnerability in Windows Server 2008: July 11, 2017

Security update for the Windows elevation of privilege vulnerability in Windows Server 2008: July 11, 2017 Summary An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows when a man-in-the-middle attacker is able to successfully forward an authentication request to a Windows LDAP...

July 11, 2017—KB4025338 (OS Build 10240.17488)

None None...

Microsoft IME may insecurely load Dynamic Link Libraries

Overview Microsoft IME, bundled with Microsoft Windows, contains an issue in loading DLLs. When some application programs are invoked, they may initiate Microsoft IME. This IME, when initiated, checks a certain registry key for a file path to a DLL file and loads it. This registry key does not...

Partner Perspectives: Using Cb Response to Mitigate ETERNALBLUE

Editor's Note: This post originally appeared on redcanary.com In case you’ve been under a rock, there’s a wee problem with ransomware, fueled by the public release of a handful of high quality access exploit and persistence backdoor utilities. Most recently, these have manifested in the form of t...

Published desktop is launched in background of local applications

Setting registry key: ForegroundLockTimeout to 0 makes published desktop window to launch in foreground in most cases. HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop name: ForegroundLockTimeout type: REGDWORD data: 0 default: 200000 In some cases, there are applications that set this value to a non 0 value, which...

Windows UAC Protection Bypass (Via FodHelper Registry Key)

This module requires Metasploit: http://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework require 'msf/core/exploit/exe' require 'msf/core/exploit/powershell' class MetasploitModule 'Windows UAC Protection Bypass Via FodHelper Registry Key', 'Description' = %q...

Visualizing WannaCry & Shadow Brokers with Dashboards

To assess infections from WannaCry ransomware and threat exposure from the Shadow Brokers vulnerabilities across an entire IT environment, it's helpful to visualize your exposure via dynamic dashboards. Using Qualys AssetView and ThreatPROTECT, I created a single-pane incident response dashboard...

Unpatchable 'DoubleAgent' Attack Can Hijack All Windows Versions — Even Your Antivirus!

A team of security researchers from Cybellum, an Israeli zero-day prevention firm, has discovered a new Windows vulnerability that could allow hackers to take full control of your computer. Dubbed DoubleAgent, the new injecting code technique works on all versions of Microsoft Windows operating...

CVE-2016-8007

Authentication bypass vulnerability in McAfee Host Intrusion Prevention Services HIPS 8.0 Patch 7 and earlier allows authenticated users to manipulate the product's registry keys via specific conditions...

CVE-2016-4288

A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in BlueStacks App Player. The BlueStacks App Player installer creates a registry key with weak permissions that allows users to execute arbitrary programs with SYSTEM privileges...

Privilege escalation

A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in BlueStacks App Player. The BlueStacks App Player installer creates a registry key with weak permissions that allows users to execute arbitrary programs with SYSTEM privileges...

CVE-2016-4288

A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in BlueStacks App Player. The BlueStacks App Player installer creates a registry key with weak permissions that allows users to execute arbitrary programs with SYSTEM privileges...

Windows Escalate UAC Protection Bypass (Via Eventvwr Registry Key)

This module will bypass Windows UAC by hijacking a special key in the Registry under the current user hive, and inserting a custom command that will get invoked when the Windows Event Viewer is launched. It will spawn a second shell that has the UAC flag turned off. This module modifies a registr...

Microsoft Windows - DeviceApi CMApi PiCMOpenDeviceKey Arbitrary Registry Key Write Privilege Escalation (MS16-124)

Microsoft Windows - DeviceApi CMApi PiCMOpenDeviceKey Arbitrary Registry Key Write Privilege Escalation MS16-124 / Source: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=872 Windows: DeviceApi CMApi PiCMOpenClassKey Arbitrary Registry Key Write EoP Platform: Windows 10 10586 not tested...

Microsoft Windows - DeviceApi CMApi PiCMOpenDeviceKey Arbitrary Registry Key Write Privilege Escalation (MS16-124)

/ Source: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=872 Windows: DeviceApi CMApi PiCMOpenClassKey Arbitrary Registry Key Write EoP Platform: Windows 10 10586 not tested 8.1 Update 2 or Windows 7 Class: Elevation of Privilege Summary: The DeviceApi CMApi PiCMOpenClassKey IOCTL allo...

BlueStacks App Player Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Talos Vulnerability Report TALOS-2016-0124 BlueStacks App Player Privilege Escalation Vulnerability August 4, 2016 CVE Number CVE-2016-4288 Description A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in BlueStacks App Player. The BlueStacks App Player installer creates a registry key with weak...

The vulnerability of the Internet Explorer browser, which allows a malicious actor to execute web scripts with elevated privileges

Internet Explorer browser contains a vulnerability related to the checking of local files during installation, as well as to the secure creation of registry keys. Exploiting this vulnerability allows an increase in privilege levels...

The use of ransomware Locky's vulnerability to the immune system-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

In 2 0 0 9 years, we use the immune system to protect the workstation or server against the rapid spread of the worm Conficker invasion. Let's take a look at whether we can take this a defense of the concept used in ransomware Locky. Below we will of the system some minor modifications, to build ...

CVE-2016-3984

The McAfee VirusScan Console mcconsol.exe in McAfee Active Response MAR before 1.1.0.161, Agent MA 5.x before 5.0.2 Hotfix 1110392 5.0.2.333, Data Exchange Layer 2.x DXL before 2.0.1.140.1, Data Loss Prevention Endpoint DLPe 9.3 before Patch 6 and 9.4 before Patch 1 HF3, Device Control MDC 9.3...