PT-2016-31: XML External Entity Injection in vCenter Server

The specialists of the Positive Research center have detected an XML External Entity Injection in vCenter Server. Vulnerability in the Log Browser, Distributed Switch setup, and Content Library in the vCenter Server allows an authorized user to obtain sensitive information by sending a specially...

PT-2016-32: XML External Entity Injection in vCenter Server and vRealize Automation

The specialists of the Positive Research center have detected an XML External Entity Injection in vCenter Server. Vulnerability in the Single Sign-On implementation in VMware vCenter Server and vRealize Automation allows attackers to cause a denial of service or obtain sensitive information via a...

PT-2016-12: HTTP Header Injection in VMware vCenter Server and ESXi

The specialists of the Positive Research center have detected an HTTP Header Injection vulnerability in VMware vCenter Server and ESXi. The application does not properly sanitize user input before using it in HTTP response headers that allows a malicious user to inject arbitrary headers into HTTP...

Social Media Mining: MassMine

MassMine is a social media mining and archiving application that simplifies the process of collecting and managing large amounts of data across multiple sources. It is designed with the researcher in mind, providing a flexible framework for tackling individualized research needs. MassMine is...

Let's Encrypt Free SSL/TLS Certificate Now Trusted by Major Web Browsers

Yes, Let's Encrypt is now one step closer to its goal of offering Free HTTPS certificates to everyone. Let's Encrypt – the free, automated, and open certificate authority CA – has announced that its Free HTTPS certificates are Now Trusted and Supported by All Major Browsers. Let's Encrypt enables...

Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade on the Dangers of APT Security Research

Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade from Kaspersky Lab’s Global Research & Analysis Team GReAT joins Ryan Naraine on the podcast to discuss the “identity crisis” in the anti-malware industry and the ethics and perils of investigating state-sponsored or geopolitically significant threats. READ The Ethics a...

Nibbleblog 4.0.3 - Arbitrary File Upload (Metasploit)

This module requires Metasploit: http://www.metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework require 'msf/core' class Metasploit3 'Nibbleblog File Upload Vulnerability', 'Description' = %q Nibbleblog contains a flaw that allows a authenticated remote attacker...

Hackers Can Use Radio-waves to Control Your Smartphone From 16 Feet Away

What if your phone starts making calls, sending text messages and browsing Internet itself without even asking you? No imaginations, because hackers can make this possible using your phone's personal assistant Siri or Google Now. Security researchers have discovered a new hack that could allow...

Practical SHA-1 Collision Attack Months Away

When Bruce Schneier made his oft-cited and mathematically sound projections about the life expectancy of the SHA-1 cryptographic algorithm, he didn’t think he was being conservative. “I thought I was being accurate given the information I had at the time,” Schneier said on Thursday. Schneier in...

Kemoge Malicious Adware Campaign

Google has been busy removing a number of apps from Google Play that are disguised as popular selections that are actually pushing what starts out as adware but eventually turns more malicious. Google has already yanked down a file-transfer app called ShareIt, developed by Zhang Long of China, wh...

Two Reflected XSS Vulnerabilities in Calls to Action WordPress plugin

High-Tech Bridge Security Research Lab discovered two Cross-Site Scripting XSS vulnerabilities in a popular WordPress plugin Calls to Action. A remote attacker might be able to steal user's and administrator’s cookies, credentials and browser history, modify web page content to perform phishing...

Outlook Web Access Targeted Attack

Attackers aiming for lateral movement inside an enterprise network have done well in the past to target domain controller credentials. Researchers at Cybereason, however, have uncovered a targeted attack in which hackers were able to burrow onto the corporate network and steal thousands of...

SourceBans 1.4.11 Cross Site Scripting

Advisory ID: HTB23273 Product: SourceBans Vendor: Sourcebans team Vulnerable Versions: 1.4.11 and probably prior Tested Version: 1.4.11 Advisory Publication: October 2, 2015 without technical details Vendor Notification: October 2, 2015 Public Disclosure: October 22, 2015 Vulnerability Type:...

Apple Mac OS X Gatekeeper Bypass

Gatekeeper is Mac OS X’s guardian against rogue applications and malware sneaking into Apple’s famous walled garden. It’s also been a favorite target of researchers and advanced attackers desperate to gain control of Apple devices. Tomorrow at Virus Bulletin in Prague, researcher Patrick Wardle,...

iTop 2.1.0-2127 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

iTop version 2.1.0-2127 suffers from a cross site scripting vulnerability. Product: iTop Vendor: Combodo SARL Vulnerable Versions: 2.1.0-2127 and probably prior Tested Version: 2.1.0-2127 Advisory Publication: July 29, 2015 without technical details Vendor Notification: July 29, 2015 Vendor Patch...

ZeusCart 4.0 - Admin SQL注入漏洞

ZeusCart 4.0: SQL Injection Security Advisory – Curesec Research Team 1. Introduction Affected Product: ZeusCart 4.0 Fixed in: not fixed Fixed Version Link: n/a Vendor Contact: [email protected] Vulnerability Type: SQL Injection Remote Exploitable: Yes Reported to vendor: 08/13/2015 Disclosed ...

iTop 2.1.0-2127 Cross Site Scripting

Advisory ID: HTB23268 Product: iTop Vendor: Combodo SARL Vulnerable Versions: 2.1.0-2127 and probably prior Tested Version: 2.1.0-2127 Advisory Publication: July 29, 2015 without technical details Vendor Notification: July 29, 2015 Vendor Patch: July 30, 2015 Public Disclosure: September 23, 2015...

lse.ac.uk XSS vulnerability

Vulnerable URL: http://www.lse.ac.uk/GranthamInstitute/research/prettyPhotoxss/x,/ Details: Description| Value ---|--- Patched:| No Latest check for patch:| 25.07.2017 Vulnerability type:| XSS Vulnerability status:| Publicly disclosed Alexa Rank| 11929 Google Pagerank| 8 VIP website status:| Yes...

Kaspersky AntiVirus - VB6 Parsing Integer Overflow

Kaspersky AntiVirus - VB6 Parsing Integer Overflow Source: https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=522 Fuzzing VB6 executables produced the attached crash testcase: 5a8.dc: Access violation - code c0000005 first chance First chance exceptions are reported before any...

Microsoft Windows Kernel - Brush Object Use-After-Free (MS15-061)

Microsoft Windows Kernel - Brush Object Use-After-Free MS15-061 Source: https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=304 Creating a device context with the flag DCXNORESETATTRS​ and selecting a brush object into the device context will result in the brush being freed on...