Windows Drivers are True’ly Tricky

Posted by James Forshaw, Driving for Bugs Auditing a product for security vulnerabilities can be a difficult challenge, and there’s no guarantee you’ll catch all vulnerabilities even when you do. This post describes an issue I identified in the Windows Driver code for Truecrypt, which has already...

CVE-2014-4444

SecurityAgent in Apple OS X before 10.10 does not ensure that a Kerberos ticket is in the cache for the correct user, which allows local users to gain privileges in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging a Fast User Switching login...

CVE-2014-4444

SecurityAgent in Apple OS X before 10.10 does not ensure that a Kerberos ticket is in the cache for the correct user, which allows local users to gain privileges in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging a Fast User Switching login...

SA-CONTRIB-2014-028 - Masquerade - Access bypass

This module allows a user with the right permissions to switch users. When a user has been limited to only masquerading as certain users via the "Enter the users this user is able to masquerade as" user profile field, they can still masquerade as any user on the site by using the "Enter the...

Fedora 20 : gnome-shell-3.10.2.1-2.fc20 (2013-22168)

This update fixes a problem where the login screen doesn't reset properly in some cases after user switching. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as...

CVE-2012-0959

CVE-2012-0959 affects the Ubuntu remote-login-service (RLS) 1.0.0, where account information is not properly cleared when switching users. This could allow physically proximate users to obtain login credentials. The vulnerability is detailed in the Ubuntu security advisory USN-1624-1 and related ...

[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: gdm-3.0.4-1.fc15

GDM provides the graphical login screen, shown shortly after boot up, log out, and when user-switching...

[SECURITY] Fedora 13 Update: gdm-2.30.2-2.fc13

GDM provides the graphical login screen, shown shortly after boot up, log out, and when user-switching...

SA-CONTRIB-2010-018 - Content Distribution - Multiple Vulnerabilities

Content Distribution module allows calling a method to delete particular nodes using a XML-RPC call. When this method is allowed to be called by anonymous users in user permissions, an attacker might delete a random node. In addition, certain actions require Content Distribution to temporarily...

CVE-2009-3564

puppetmasterd in puppet 0.24.6 does not reset supplementary groups when it switches to a different user, which might allow local users to access restricted files...

CVE-2009-3564

puppetmasterd in puppet 0.24.6 does not reset supplementary groups when it switches to a different user, which might allow local users to access restricted files...

CVE-2002-2283

Microsoft Windows XP with Fast User Switching (FUS) enabled is affected. When a user is removed from the administrator group, the system does not remove the "show processes from all users" privilege, allowing that user to view processes of other users. The description documents this vulnerability...

Apple Mac OS X多个命令执行及拒绝服务漏洞

Apple Mac OS X是苹果家族机器所使用的操作系统。 Apple Mac OS X的多个组件存在漏洞，攻击者可能利用这些漏洞导致执行命令或拒绝服务。 1. CFNetwork的客户端（比如Safari）允许建立匿名的SSL连接，远程非认证的SSL站可以利用这个漏洞使之看起来是认证过的。 2. Flash播放器存在漏洞，远程攻击者可能利用此漏洞执行任意命令。 3. ImageIO在处理畸形的JPEG2000图像时存在缓冲区溢出漏洞，攻击者可能利用此漏洞执行任意指令。 4. Kernel Mach中存在漏洞可以使恶意用户以高权限执行任意命令。 5...

CVE-2006-4393

Unspecified vulnerability in LoginWindow in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.7, when Fast User Switching is enabled, allows local users to gain access to Kerberos tickets of other users...

CVE-2006-4393

Unspecified vulnerability in LoginWindow in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.7, when Fast User Switching is enabled, allows local users to gain access to Kerberos tickets of other users...

CVE-2005-2742

SecurityAgent in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.2, under certain circumstances, can cause the "Switch User..." button to appear even though the "Enable fast user switching" setting is disabled, which can allow attackers with physical access to gain access to the desktop and bypass the "Require password to...

CVE-2005-2742

SecurityAgent in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.2 can cause the "Switch User..." button to appear when fast user switching is disabled, potentially allowing attackers with physical access to bypass the wake password requirement. This CVE entry is supported by multiple sources, including NVD and Red Hat, whi...

CVE-2005-2509

Technical details of CVE-2005-2509 are not publicly available in the provided documents; no affected products, impact, or remediation details are documented here. Monitor for updates.

CVE-2005-2509

Unknown vulnerability in loginwindow in Mac OS X 10.4.2 and earlier, when Fast User Switching is enabled, allows attackers to log into other accounts if they know the passwords to at least two accounts...

CVE-2004-0962

Apple Remote Desktop Client 1.2.4 executes a GUI application as root when it is started by an Apple Remote Desktop Administrator application, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code when loginwindow is active via Fast User Switching...