CVE-2021-44228: Apache Log4j2 Zero-Day Exploited in the Wild (Log4Shell)

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CVE-2021-44228 (Log4Shell)

Apache Log4j2 2.0-beta9 through 2.15.0 excluding security releases 2.12.2, 2.12.3, and 2.3.1 JNDI features used in configuration, log messages, and parameters do not protect against attacker controlled LDAP and other JNDI related endpoints. An attacker who can control log messages or log message...

SUSE-SU-2021:3876-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP1 LTSS kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - Unprivileged BPF has been disabled by default to reduce attack surface as too many security issues have happened in the past jscSLE-22573 You can reenable v...

Euronet Worldwide: Speedy, Global Response to Threats Reduces Risk

After years of using manual processes and systems to manage its IT inventory and track vulnerabilities, racking up costs, and increasing the complexity of asset and vulnerability management, Euronet Worldwide needed a way to get a single, accurate and timely view of risk exposure at the group...

Nextcloud: Possibility to force an admin to install recommended applications

Summary: Endpoint /nextcloud/index.php/core/apps/recommended is accessible via GET http method and doesn't check anti-csrf token. If an admin visits this endpoint in a browser the process of installation of recommended applications begins immediately. Steps To Reproduce: 1. an attacker creates a...

2022 Planning: Prioritizing Defense and Mitigation Through Left of Boom

In the military, the term “left of boom" refers to the strategy and tactics required to prevent — and protect personnel from — explosions by making proactive decisions before the event happens. Unless you've been fortunate enough to avoid tech and media press for the past 24 months, it should be...

Code injection

GraphiQL is the reference implementation of this monorepo, GraphQL IDE, an official project under the GraphQL Foundation. All versions of graphiql older than email protected are vulnerable to compromised HTTP schema introspection responses or schema prop values with malicious GraphQL type names,...

CVE-2021-41248 XSS vulnerability in GraphiQL

GraphiQL is the reference implementation of this monorepo, GraphQL IDE, an official project under the GraphQL Foundation. All versions of graphiql older than [email protected] are vulnerable to compromised HTTP schema introspection responses or schema prop values with malicious GraphQL type names,...

Code injection

GraphQL Playground is a GraphQL IDE for development of graphQL focused applications. All versions of graphql-playground-react older than email protected are vulnerable to compromised HTTP schema introspection responses or schema prop values with malicious GraphQL type names, exposing a dynamic XS...

GraphQL Playground Cross-Site Script Vulnerability

GraphQL Playground is a graphical, interactive, in-browser GraphQL IDE Integrated Development Environment based on GraphiQL from Prisma Labs, Germany. GraphQL Playground suffers from a cross-site scripting vulnerability that stems from the program's susceptibility to corrupt HTTP schema...

Apple macOS Flaw Allows Kernel-Level Compromise

Apple has patched a vulnerability in macOS can allow attackers to bypass a key OS protection and install a malicious rootkit to perform arbitrary operations on a device, researchers from Microsoft have discovered. The problem—dubbed “Shrootless”–is associated with a security technology called...

WordPress Plugin Bug Lets Subscribers Wipe Sites

Researchers have discovered a homicidal WordPress plugin that allows subscribers to wipe sites clean of content. The high-severity security flaw is found in Hashthemes Demo Importer, a plugin that’s used in more than 8,000 active installations. According to security researchers at Wordfence, the...

Defending Assets You Don’t Know About Against Cyberattacks

Back in the 90s, we all used to build massive firewalls around our systems and spent our day-to-day resources looking for holes to patch. In theory, an impenetrable wall around everything you own is a great idea, because it protects even the things you’ve forgotten about. However, if a wall is yo...

Attacking a Macro Security Problem with Micro-segmentation

Ransomware is everywhere. And the shift of workloads to the cloud and employees to work-from-home models has only expanded the attack surface, creating new opportunities for attackers to leverage. Companies need Zero Trust solutions that not only defend against threat actors gaining access to...

High-Severity RCE Flaw Disclosed in Several Netgear Router Models

Networking equipment company Netgear has released patches to remediate a high-severity remote code execution vulnerability affecting multiple routers that could be exploited by remote attackers to take control of an affected system. Traced as CVE-2021-40847 CVSS score: 8.1, the security weakness...

Analyzing attacks that exploit the CVE-2021-40444 MSHTML vulnerability

In August, Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center MSTIC identified a small number of attacks less than 10 that attempted to exploit a remote code execution vulnerability in MSHTML using specially crafted Microsoft Office documents. These attacks used the vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-40444, as...

A4: XML External Entities (XXE) ❗️ — Top 10 OWASP 2017

A4: XML External Entities XXE ❗️ — Top 10 OWASP 2017 Introduction XML presents a useful resource for sending data from service to service and for data processing internally but with anything, as soon as user input gets involved, things get dangerous. The processing of these files comes with an...

New Rapid7 MDR Essentials Capability Sees What Attackers See: “It’s Eye-Opening”

The pandemic and remote work shattered your perimeter. Your attack surface has changed — and will keep changing. It’s our mission to help customers strengthen security defenses and stay ahead of evil. As the modern perimeter expands, new and old vulnerabilities emerge as open doors for attackers;...

Key Takeaways from the Linux Threat Report

As the popularity of Linux continues to increase, so does its attack surface. This brings to light a pressing question for organizations: who is responsible for the security of all the Linux instances running your cloud environment?...

CVE-2021-32464

An incorrect permission assignment privilege escalation vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One, Apex One as a Service and Worry-Free Business Security Services could allow an attacker to modify a specific script before it is executed. Please note: an attacker must first obtain the ability to execu...