LNK Code Execution Vulnerability

This module exploits a vulnerability in the handling of Windows Shortcut files .LNK that contain a dynamic icon, loaded from a malicious DLL. This vulnerability is a variant of MS15-020 CVE-2015-0096. The created LNK file is similar except an additional SpecialFolderDataBlock is included. The...

FIN7 Evolution and the Phishing LNK

FIN7 is a financially-motivated threat group that has been associated with malicious operations dating back to late 2015. FIN7 is referred to by many vendors as “Carbanak Group”, although we do not equate all usage of the CARBANAK backdoor with FIN7. FireEye recently observed a FIN7 spear phishin...

Shortcuts on Citrix Receiver Disappears

This article is intended for Citrix administrators and technical teams only. Non-admin users must contact their company’s Help Desk/IT support team and can refer to CTX297149 for more information. Shortcuts on Citrix Receiver disappears...

Mozilla Firefox ESR < 45.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Mozilla Firefox Same-Origin Policy Bypass Vulnerability (CNVD-2016-11471)

Mozilla Firefox is an open source web browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation in the United States. Mozilla Firefox suffers from a homology policy bypass vulnerability, which can be exploited by an attacker to bypass the local shortcut file and load arbitrary local content from disk...

Mozilla: Same-origin policy violation using local HTML file and saved shortcut file (MFSA 2016-89, MFSA 2016-90)

A same-origin policy bypass with local shortcut files to load arbitrary local content from disk. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird 45.5, Firefox ESR 45.5, and Firefox 50...

UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5291

A same-origin policy bypass with local shortcut files to load arbitrary local content from disk. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird 45.5, Firefox ESR 45.5, and Firefox 50...

CVE-2016-5291

A same-origin policy bypass with local shortcut files to load arbitrary local content from disk. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird 45.5, Firefox ESR 45.5, and Firefox 50...

The new .LNK between spam and Locky infection

Just when it seems the Ransom:Win32/Locky activity has slowed down, our continuous monitoring of the ransomware family reveals a new workaround that the authors might be using to keep it going. The decline in Locky activity can be attributed to the slowdown of detections of Nemucod, which Locky...

The vulnerability of the Internet Explorer browser, which allows a violator to circumvent existing access restrictions

The vulnerability of the Internet Explorer browser is related to errors in files with the .url extension on the Internet. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to bypass existing access restrictions using a specially crafted file...

SUSE SLES11 Security Update : MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2016:2195-1)

Mozilla Firefox was updated to 45.3.0 ESR to fix the following issues bsc991809 : - MFSA 2016-62/CVE-2016-2835/CVE-2016-2836 Miscellaneous memory safety hazards rv:48.0 / rv:45.3 - MFSA 2016-63/CVE-2016-2830 Favicon network connection can persist when page is closed - MFSA 2016-64/CVE-2016-2838...

CVE-2016-5265

Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allow user-assisted remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy, and conduct Universal XSS UXSS attacks or read arbitrary files, by arranging for the presence of a crafted HTML document and a crafted shortcut file in the same loca...

DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5265

Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allow user-assisted remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy, and conduct Universal XSS UXSS attacks or read arbitrary files, by arranging for the presence of a crafted HTML document and a crafted shortcut file in the same loca...

Design/Logic Flaw

Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allow user-assisted remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy, and conduct Universal XSS UXSS attacks or read arbitrary files, by arranging for the presence of a crafted HTML document and a crafted shortcut file in the same loca...

CVE-2016-5265

Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allow user-assisted remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy, and conduct Universal XSS UXSS attacks or read arbitrary files, by arranging for the presence of a crafted HTML document and a crafted shortcut file in the same loca...

CVE-2016-5265

Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allow user-assisted remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy, and conduct Universal XSS UXSS attacks or read arbitrary files, by arranging for the presence of a crafted HTML document and a crafted shortcut file in the same loca...

Mozilla: Same-origin policy violation using local HTML file and saved shortcut file (MFSA 2016-80)

Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allow user-assisted remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy, and conduct Universal XSS UXSS attacks or read arbitrary files, by arranging for the presence of a crafted HTML document and a crafted shortcut file in the same loca...

UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5265

Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allow user-assisted remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy, and conduct Universal XSS UXSS attacks or read arbitrary files, by arranging for the presence of a crafted HTML document and a crafted shortcut file in the same loca...

Kovter becomes almost file-less, creates a new file type, and gets some new certificates

Trojan:Win32/Kovter is a well-known click-fraud malware which is challenging to detect and remove because of its file-less persistence on infected PCs. In this blog, we will share some technical details about the latest changes we have seen in Kovter’s persistence method and some updates on their...

CVE-2016-3519

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle Agile PLM component in Oracle Supply Chain Products Suite 9.3.4 and 9.3.5 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality and integrity via vectors related to PC / Get Shortcut...