Microsoft Security Advisory (2269637) Insecure Library Loading Could Allow Remote Code Execution

Microsoft Security Advisory 2269637 Insecure Library Loading Could Allow Remote Code Execution Published: August 23, 2010 Version: 1.0 General Information Executive Summary Microsoft is aware that research has been published detailing a remote attack vector for a class of vulnerabilities that...

USN-979-1: okular vulnerability

Stefan Cornelius of Secunia Research discovered a boundary error during RLE decompression in the "TranscribePalmImageToJPEG" function in generators/plucker/inplug/image.cpp of okular when processing images embedded in PDB files, which can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow...

Ubuntu 9.04 / 9.10 / 10.04 LTS : kdegraphics vulnerability (USN-979-1)

Stefan Cornelius of Secunia Research discovered a boundary error during RLE decompression in the 'TranscribePalmImageToJPEG' function in generators/plucker/inplug/image.cpp of okular when processing images embedded in PDB files, which can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow...

Multiple Vulnerabilities in SantaFox

High-Tech Bridge SA Security Research Lab has discovered multiple vulnerabilities in SantaFox which could be exploited to perform cross-site scripting and cross-site request forgery attacks. 1 Cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability in SantaFox: CVE-2010-3463 The vulnerability exists due to input...

Why Vulnerability Research Matters

It seems that any time there’s a high-profile incident in which a vulnerability is disclosed without a patch being available, there is an immediate and loud call from some corners to abolish the practice of vulnerability research. If researchers weren’t spending their days poking holes in softwar...

Cross-site Request Forgery (CSRF) Vulnerabilities in Amiro.CMS

High-Tech Bridge SA Security Research Lab has discovered multiple vulnerabilities in Amiro.CMS which could be exploited to perform cross-site request forgery attacks. 1 Cross-site request forgery CSRF in Amiro.CMS 1.1 The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the request origin i...

Script Insertion Vulnerabilities in ArtGK CMS

High-Tech Bridge SA Security Research Lab has discovered multiple vulnerabilities in ArtGK CMS which could be exploited to perform script insertion attacks. 1 Script insertion vulnerabilities in ArtGK CMS 1.1 Input passed to the "content" parameter in cms/classes/CForm.php is not properly sanitiz...

Android Passwords Discovered 68% of Time

Penn State researchers managed to identify the pass code patterns on two Android smartphones the HTC G1 and the HTC Nexus One, 68 percent of the time using photographs taken under different lighting conditions, and camera positions. Read the full article. ZDNet...

Session Fixation: The Forgotten Vulnerability?

In this video from the OWASP AppSec Research 2010 conference in Sweden, Michael Schrank, Bastian Braun and Martin Johns discuss the problem of session fixation and what can be done to solve it...

Short Passwords Open To Brute Force Attacks

A password of less than seven characters will soon be “hopelessly inadequate” even if it contains symbols as well as alphanumerical characters, according to computer scientists at the Georgia Tech Research Institute. Read the full article. The Register...

Secunia Research: Opera "Download" Dialog File Execution Security Issue

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Secunia Research: SWFTools Two Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities

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Researchers Release Capsicum, New Sandbox Framework

As applications have become more and more complex in recent years and Web browsers have evolved into operating systems unto themselves, the task of securing desktop environments has become increasingly difficult. And while there’s been quite a bit of innovation on Windows security, advances in Un...

Secunia Research: Windows Movie Maker String Parsing Buffer Overflow

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VUPEN Security Research - Microsoft Internet Explorer "CIframeElement" Object Use-after-free Vulnerability (CVE-2010-2558)

VUPEN Security Research - Microsoft Internet Explorer "CIframeElement" Object Use-after-free Vulnerability CVE-2010-2558 http://www.vupen.com/english/research.php I. BACKGROUND --------------------- "Microsoft Internet Explorer is a web browser developed by Microsoft and included as part of the...

VUPEN Security Research - Microsoft Internet Explorer "OnPropertyChange_Src()" Use-after-free Vulnerability (CVE-2010-2556)

VUPEN Security Research - Microsoft Internet Explorer "OnPropertyChangeSrc" Use-after-free Vulnerability CVE-2010-2556 http://www.vupen.com/english/research.php I. BACKGROUND --------------------- "Microsoft Internet Explorer is a web browser developed by Microsoft and included as part of the...

Secunia Research: glpng PNG Processing Two Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities

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Cross-site Request Forgery (CSRF) Vulnerabilities in Webmatic

High-Tech Bridge SA Security Research Lab has discovered multiple vulnerabilities in Webmatic which could be exploited to perform cross-site request forgery attacks. 1 Cross-site request forgery CSRF in Webmatic 1.1 The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the request origin in...

Secunia Research: MantisBT "Add Category" Script Insertion Vulnerability

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Mini-stream Ripper v3.1.2.1 Buffer Overflow (DEP Bypass)

Exploit for windows platform in category local exploits ======================================================== Mini-stream Ripper v3.1.2.1 Buffer Overflow DEP Bypass ======================================================== / DISCLAIMER THIS PROGRAM IS NOT INTENDED TO BE USED ON OTHER COMPUTERS...