Mezzanine 4.2.0 Cross Site Scripting

Security Advisory - Curesec Research Team 1. Introduction Affected Product: Mezzanine 4.2.0 Fixed in: 4.2.1 Fixed Version Link: https://github.com/stephenmcd/mezzanine/releases/tag/4.2.1 Vendor Website: http://mezzanine.jupo.org/ Vulnerability Type: XSS Remote Exploitable: Yes Reported to vendor:...

Jaws 1.1.1 Open Redirect / Object Injection / Cookie Flags

Security Advisory - Curesec Research Team 1. Introduction Affected Product: Jaws 1.1.1 Fixed in: not fixed Fixed Version Link: n/a Vendor Website: http://jaws-project.com/ Vulnerability Type: Object Injection, Open Redirect, Cookie Flags Remote Exploitable: Yes Reported to vendor: 09/05/2016...

Lepton 2.2.2 Stable CSRF / Open Redirect / Password Handling

Security Advisory - Curesec Research Team 1. Introduction Affected Product: LEPTON 2.2.2 stable Fixed in: 2.3.0 Fixed Version http://www.lepton-cms.org/posts/ Link: important-lepton-2.3.0-101.php Vendor Website: http://www.lepton-cms.org/ Vulnerability CSRF, Open Redirect, Insecure Bruteforce...

SPIP 3.1 Cross Site Scripting / Header Injection

Security Advisory - Curesec Research Team 1. Introduction Affected SPIP 3.1 Product: Fixed in: 3.1.2 / 3.0.23 Fixed Version http://www.spip.net/endownload Link: Vendor Website: http://www.spip.net/ Vulnerability Reflected & Persistent XSS, Host Header Injection, httpOnly Type: Cookie disclosure...

Lepton 2.2.2 Stable SQL Injection

Security Advisory - Curesec Research Team 1. Introduction Affected Product: LEPTON 2.2.2 stable Fixed in: 2.3.0 Fixed Version Link: http://www.lepton-cms.org/posts/ important-lepton-2.3.0-101.php Vendor Website: http://www.lepton-cms.org/ Vulnerability Type: SQL Injection Remote Exploitable: Yes...

FUDforum 3.0.6 Cross Site Request Forgery / Cross Site Scripting

Security Advisory - Curesec Research Team 1. Introduction Affected Product: FUDforum 3.0.6 Fixed in: not fixed Fixed Version Link: n/a Vendor Website: http://fudforum.org/forum/ Vulnerability Type: XSS, Login CSRF Remote Exploitable: Yes Reported to vendor: 04/11/2016 Disclosed to public:...

Gang Up on the Problem, Not Each Other

Threatpost Op-Ed is a regular feature where experts contribute essays and commentary on what’s happening in security and privacy. Today’s contributor is Katherine Carpenter. The imaginary world in which an artificial intelligence can kill a person by adjusting the insulin from his pump to a deadl...

OAuth 2.0 Hack Exposes 1 Billion Mobile Apps to Account Hijacking

Third-party applications that allow single sign-on via Facebook and Google and support the OAuth 2.0 protocol, are exposed to account hijacking. Three Chinese University of Hong Kong researchers presented at Black Hat EU last week a paper called “Signing into One Billion Mobile LApp Accounts...

MyBB 1.8.6 - Cross-Site Scripting

Security Advisory - Curesec Research Team 1. Introduction Affected Product: MyBB 1.8.6 Fixed in: 1.8.7 Fixed Version Link: http://resources.mybb.com/downloads/mybb1807.zip Vendor Website: http://www.mybb.com/ Vulnerability Type: XSS Remote Exploitable: Yes Reported to vendor: 01/29/2016 Disclosed...

MyBB 1.8.6 - Cross-Site Scripting

MyBB 1.8.6 - Cross-Site Scripting Security Advisory - Curesec Research Team 1. Introduction Affected Product: MyBB 1.8.6 Fixed in: 1.8.7 Fixed Version Link: http://resources.mybb.com/downloads/mybb1807.zip Vendor Website: http://www.mybb.com/ Vulnerability Type: XSS Remote Exploitable: Yes Report...

DMCA Exemptions Lift Hacking Restriction

White hat hackers can breathe a little easier for the next two years because of a temporary removal of restrictions imposed on hacking of everything from cars, medical devices, to smart home appliances. Last week the U.S. Copyright Office temporarily removed certain restrictions imposed by the...

Mirai Vulnerability Disclosed, But Exploits May Constitute Hacking Back

The Mirai botnet apparently has a weakness that could shut down its ability to flood targets with HTTP requests. But exploiting that vulnerability puts defenders in a gray area with regard to hacking back. Researchers at Invincea Labs discovered three vulnerabilities in Mirai, one of which is the...

Election Leaks Failed to Move Needle on Polls

The barrage of information leaks, state-sponsored espionage and hacktivism related to the U.S. presidential election has had a mixed bag of effects on the race and voter confidence. For the most part, attacks against organizations supporting both major political parties, extensive email leaks and...

Locky Ransomware Learns New Evasive Tricks

For several weeks security experts have had success slowing Locky ransomware infection rates. That’s been due to aggressive efforts to combat the Trojan downloader Nemucod, used in recent campaigns to distribute Locky. But now researchers say hackers behind Locky are changing tactics, giving the...

Skyping And Typing Threatens Privacy

Multitasking while on a work-related Skype call may be good for productivity, but perhaps not so much for privacy. Typing while using Skype or over other Voice over Internet Protocol VoIP services presents an opportunity for an attacker to record the conversation, separate out the emanations from...

The Ethics and Morality Behind APT Reports

DENVER—Investigations into state-sponsored APT campaigns are much more than black-and-white research into malware, exploits and zero-days. Behind the scenes, these can be geopolitical powder kegs that require moral examinations into the ethics of publishing public reports that could expose tools...

ISC BIND 9 - Denial of Service

ISC BIND 9 - Denial of Service import socket import struct TARGET = '192.168.200.10', 53 QA = 1 QTSIG = 250 DNSMESSAGEHEADERLEN = 12 def buildbindnukequestion="\x06google\x03com\x00", udpsize=512: queryA = "\x8f\x65\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01" + question + int16QA + "\x00\x01"...

Bind 9 DNS Server - Denial of Service Exploit

Exploit for multiple platform in category dos / poc import socket import struct TARGET = '192.168.200.10', 53 QA = 1 QTSIG = 250 DNSMESSAGEHEADERLEN = 12 def buildbindnukequestion="\x06google\x03com\x00", udpsize=512: queryA = "\x8f\x65\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01" + question + int16Q...

PT-2016-37: Information Disclosure in Intel

The specialists of the Positive Research center have detected an Information Disclosure vulnerability in Intel. Vulnerability in BIOS in Intel Compute Stick systems based on 6th Gen Intel Core processors allows attackers with physical access to the system to obtain sensitive information. How to f...

openSUSE Security Update : MozillaFirefox / mozilla-nss (openSUSE-2016-1119)

This update for MozillaFirefox and mozilla-nss fixes the following issues : MozillaFirefox was updated to version 49.0 boo999701 - New features - Updated Firefox Login Manager to allow HTTPS pages to use saved HTTP logins. - Added features to Reader Mode that make it easier on the eyes and the ea...