Vulnerability Spotlight: Multiple bugs in several Jenkins plugins

Peter Adkins of Cisco Umbrella discovered these vulnerabilities. Executive summary Jenkins is an open-source automation server written in Java. There are several plugins that exist to integrate Jenkins with other pieces of software, such as GitLab. Today, Cisco Talos is disclosing vulnerabilities...

Threat Source (May 2, 2019)

Newsletter compiled by Jonathan Munshaw. Welcome to this week’s Threat Source newsletter — the perfect place to get caught up on all things Talos from the past week. If you haven’t yet, there’s still time to register for this year’s Talos Threat Research Summit — our second annual conference by...

Beers with Talos Ep. #52: I don't trust you because I care

Beers with Talos BWT Podcast Ep. 52 is now available. Download this episode and subscribe to Beers with Talos: If iTunes and Google Play aren't your thing, click here. Recorded April 26, 2019 - Since Craig decided to skip the podcast today, we decided to invite one of Austin’s top actual security...

Sierra Wireless AirLink ES450 ACEManager Information Disclosure Exploit

An exploitable information disclosure vulnerability exists in the ACEManager functionality of Sierra Wireless AirLink ES450 FW 4.9.3. A HTTP request can result in disclosure of the default configuration for the device. An attacker can send an unauthenticated HTTP request to trigger this...

Sierra Wireless AirLink ES450 SNMPD Hard-Coded Credentials Vulnerability

A hard-coded credentials vulnerability exists in the snmpd function of the Sierra Wireless AirLink ES450 FW 4.9.3. Activating snmpd outside of the WebUI can cause the activation of the hard-coded credentials, resulting in a hard-coded, in the exposure of a privileged user. An attacker can activat...

Sierra Wireless AirLink ES450 ACEManager Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

An exploitable cross-site request forgery vulnerability exists in the ACEManager functionality of Sierra Wireless AirLink ES450 FW 4.9.3. A specially crafted HTTP request can cause an authenticated user to perform privileged requests unknowingly, resulting in unauthenticated requests being...

Sierra Wireless AirLink ES450 ACEManager ping_result.cgi Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

An exploitable cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in the ACEManager pingresult.cgi functionality of Sierra Wireless AirLink ES450 FW 4.9.3. A specially crafted HTTP ping request can cause reflected javascript code execution, resulting in the execution of javascript code running on the...

Sierra Wireless AirLink ES450 ACEManager Information Exposure Exploit

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the ACEManager authentication functionality of Sierra Wireless AirLink ES450 FW 4.9.3. The ACEManager authentication functionality is done in plaintext XML to the web server. An attacker can listen to network traffic upstream from the device to...

Sierra Wireless AirLink ES450 ACEManager Information Disclosure

Talos Vulnerability Report TALOS-2018-0753 Sierra Wireless AirLink ES450 ACEManager Information Disclosure Vulnerability April 25, 2019 CVE Number CVE-2018-4068 Summary An exploitable information disclosure vulnerability exists in the ACEManager functionality of Sierra Wireless AirLink ES450 FW...

Sierra Wireless AirLink ES450 ACEManager Cross Site Request Forgery

Talos Vulnerability Report TALOS-2018-0751 Sierra Wireless AirLink ES450 ACEManager Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability April 25, 2019 CVE Number CVE-2018-4066 Summary An exploitable cross-site request forgery vulnerability exists in the ACEManager functionality of Sierra Wireless AirLink...

DNSpionage group’s Karkoff malware selectively pick victims

By Ryan De Souza Karkoff creates a timeline of the command execution which can be "extremely" useful when responding to this type of threat. The IT security researchers at Cisco's Talos threat research team have discovered a new malware that has been developed by the threat actors behind the...

Threat Source (April 25)

Newsletter compiled by Jonathan Munshaw. Welcome to this week’s Threat Source newsletter — the perfect place to get caught up on all things Talos from the past week. If you haven’t yet, there’s still time to register for this year’s Talos Threat Research Summit — our second annual conference by...

Sierra Wireless AirLink ES450 SNMPD hard-coded credentials vulnerability

Summary A hard-coded credentials vulnerability exists in the snmpd function of the Sierra Wireless AirLink ES450 FW 4.9.3. Activating snmpd outside of the WebUI can cause the activation of the hard-coded credentials, resulting in a hard-coded, in the exposure of a privileged user. An attacker can...

Sierra Wireless AirLink ES450 ACEManager Information Exposure Vulnerability

Summary An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the ACEManager authentication functionality of Sierra Wireless AirLink ES450 FW 4.9.3. The ACEManager authentication functionality is done in plaintext XML to the web server. An attacker can listen to network traffic upstream from the devi...

Vulnerability Spotlight: Symantec Endpoint Protection kernel memory information disclosure vulnerability

Marcin Noga of Cisco Talos discovered this vulnerability. Overview Cisco Talos is disclosing an information leak vulnerability in the ccSetx86.sys kernel driver of Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition. The vulnerability exists in the driver’s control message handler. An attacker ca...

0 day: a detailed analysis of the macOS platform Shimo VPN Multiple privilege elevation vulnerability-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

One, overview The Cisco Talos team recently disclosed Shimo VPN help tool Helper Tool a series of holes. Shimo VPN is the macOS platform a very popular VPN client that can in one application to connect multiple VPN accounts. These particular vulnerabilities were in the help tool, this is the Shim...

Threat Source (April 4)

Welcome to this week’s Threat Source newsletter — the perfect place to get caught up on all things Talos from the past week. If you haven’t yet, there’s still time to register for this year’s Talos Threat Research Summit — our second annual conference by defenders, for defenders. This year’s Summ...

Beers with Talos Ep. #51: Sea Turtles yeeting packets

Beers with Talos BWT Podcast Ep. No. 51 is now available. Download this episode and subscribe to Beers with Talos: If iTunes and Google Play aren't your thing, click here. Recorded April 12, 2019 — Today, we rip through a few other things to spend most of our time discussing Sea Turtle, the lates...

Vulnerability Spotlight: Denial of service in VMWare Workstation 15

Piotr Bania of Cisco Talos discovered this vulnerability. Executive summary VMware Workstation 15 contains an exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability. Workstation allows users to run multiple operating systems on a Linux or Windows PC. An attacker could trigger this particular vulnerability...

Threat Roundup for April 5 to April 12

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between April 05 and April 12. As with previous roundups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we've observed by highlighting key behavioral...