Peplink Smart Reader /bin/login privilege escalation vulnerability

Talos Vulnerability Report TALOS-2023-1868 Peplink Smart Reader /bin/login privilege escalation vulnerability April 17, 2024 CVE Number CVE-2023-40146 SUMMARY A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the /bin/login functionality of Peplink Smart Reader v1.2.0 in QEMU. A specially crafted...

April’s Patch Tuesday includes 150 vulnerabilities, 60 which could lead to remote code execution

In one of the largest Patch Tuesdays in years, Microsoft disclosed 150 vulnerabilities across its software and product portfolio this week, including more than 60 that could lead to remote code execution. Though Aprils monthly security update from Microsoft is the largest since at least the start...

Hackers Targeting Human Rights Activists in Morocco and Western Sahara

Human rights activists in Morocco and the Western Sahara region are the targets of a new threat actor that leverages phishing attacks to trick victims into installing bogus Android apps and serve credential harvesting pages for Windows users. Cisco Talos is tracking the activity cluster under the...

Radeon™ Driver for DirectX® 11 Shader Vulnerabilities

AMD ID: AMD-SB-6012 Potential Impact: Arbitrary Code Execution Severity: High Summary AMD has received a report from a researcher at Cisco Talos detailing two arbitrary write vulnerabilities in the AMD Radeon™ user mode driver for DirectX® 11...

CoralRaider targets victims’ data and social media accounts

Cisco Talos discovered a new threat actor were calling "CoralRaider" that we believe is of Vietnamese origin and financially motivated. CoralRaider has been operating since at least 2023, targeting victims in several Asian and Southeast Asian countries. This group focuses on stealing victims...

Open Automation Software OAS Platform OAS Engine User Configuration improper input validation vulnerability

Talos Vulnerability Report TALOS-2024-1949 Open Automation Software OAS Platform OAS Engine User Configuration improper input validation vulnerability April 3, 2024 CVE Number CVE-2024-27201 SUMMARY An improper input validation vulnerability exists in the OAS Engine User Configuration functionali...

Dissecting a complex vulnerability and achieving arbitrary code execution in Ichitaro Word

Cisco Talos disclosed several vulnerabilities in JustSystems Ichitaro Word Processor last year. These vulnerabilities were complex and were discovered through extensive reverse engineering. CVE-2023-35126 and its peers CVE-2023-34366, CVE-2023-38127, and CVE-2023-38128 were each assessed as...

Hackers Exploiting Popular Document Publishing Sites for Phishing Attacks

Threat actors are leveraging digital document publishing DDP sites hosted on platforms like FlipSnack, Issuu, Marq, Publuu, RelayTo, and Simplebooklet for carrying out phishing, credential harvesting, and session token theft, once again underscoring how threat actors are repurposing legitimate...

The LockBit story: Why the ransomware affiliate model can turn takedowns into disruptions

In ancient Greek mythos, the mighty Hercules faced a seemingly insurmountable challenge when he encountered the Lernaean Hydra. This fearsome serpent had a terrifying ability: For every head that Hercules severed, two more would spring forth, creating a never-ending cycle of regrowth and renewal...

Netgear RAX30 JSON Parsing getblockschedule() stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability

Talos Vulnerability Report TALOS-2023-1887 Netgear RAX30 JSON Parsing getblockschedule stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability March 7, 2024 CVE Number CVE-2023-48725 SUMMARY A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the JSON Parsing getblockschedule functionality of Netgear RAX30...

Heather Couk is here to keep your spirits up during a cyber emergency, even if it takes the “Rocky” music

"Gotta Fly Now" is more closely associated with corporate hype videos or conferences with thousands of attendees in a mid-market citys convention center than it is from its origins in the "Rocky" movies. But Heather Couk thinks its useful in incident response calls, too. Couk, an incident respons...

NVIDIA D3D10 Driver Shader Functionality out-of-bounds read vulnerability

Talos Vulnerability Report TALOS-2023-1849 NVIDIA D3D10 Driver Shader Functionality out-of-bounds read vulnerability February 29, 2024 CVE Number CVE-2024-0071 SUMMARY An out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in the Shader functionality of NVIDIA D3D10 Driver, Version 546.01, 31.0.15.4601. A...

Multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat Reader could lead to remote code execution

Cisco Talos has disclosed more than 30 vulnerabilities in February, including seven in Adobe Acrobat Reader, one of the most popular PDF editing and reading software currently available. Adversaries could exploit these vulnerabilities to trigger the reuse of a previously freed object, thus causin...

TinyTurla-NG in-depth tooling and command and control analysis

Cisco Talos, in cooperation with CERT.NGO, has discovered new malicious components used by the Turla APT. New findings from Talos illustrate the inner workings of the command and control C2 scripts deployed on the compromised WordPress servers utilized in the compromise we previously disclosed...

Astaroth, Mekotio & Ousaban abusing Google Cloud Run in LATAM-focused malware campaigns

Google Cloud Run is currently being abused in high-volume malware distribution campaigns, spreading several banking trojans such as Astaroth aka Guildma, Mekotio and Ousaban to targets across Latin America and Europe. The volume of emails associated with these campaigns has significantly increase...

CVE-2024-20730 TALOS-2023-1906 - Adobe Acrobat Reader Font CPAL integer overflow vulnerability

Acrobat Reader versions 20.005.30539, 23.008.20470 and earlier are affected by an Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a...

CVE-2024-20731 TALOS-2023-1901 - Adobe Acrobat Reader FileAttachment PDAnnot destroy use-after-free vulnerability

Acrobat Reader versions 20.005.30539, 23.008.20470 and earlier are affected by a Use After Free vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file...

CVE-2024-20729 TALOS-2023-1890 - Adobe Acrobat Reader Annot3D object zoom event use-after-free vulnerability

Acrobat Reader versions 20.005.30539, 23.008.20470 and earlier are affected by a Use After Free vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file...

CVE-2024-20735 TALOS-2023-1905 - Adobe Acrobat Reader Font CPAL numColorRecords out-of-bounds read vulnerability

Acrobat Reader versions 20.005.30539, 23.008.20470 and earlier are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this issue requires user...

GHSA-G5P6-327M-3FXX Talos Linux ships runc vulnerable to the escape to the host attack

Impact Snyk has discovered a vulnerability in all versions of runc =1.1.11, as used by the Docker engine, along with other containerization technologies such as Kubernetes. Exploitation of this issue can result in container escape to the underlying host OS, either through executing a malicious...