Adobe Releases Security Advisory for Adobe Reader and Acrobat

Adobe has released a security advisory to address multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader and Acrobat. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or operate with escalated privileges. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review Adobe security...

ARC Informatique PcVue HMI/SCADA ActiveX Vulnerabilities

Overview This Advisory is a follow-up to the Alert, “ICS-ALERT-11-271-01 - ARC Informatique PcVue HMI/SCADA ActiveX Vulnerabilities.” ICS-CERT is aware of publicly and privately disclosed reports of four vulnerabilities in ARC Informatique’s PcVue application. These vulnerabilities include:...

Microsoft Releases September Security Bulletin

Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, and Microsoft Server Software as part of the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for September 2011. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or operate with elevated...

7-Technologies Data Server Denial of Service

Overview ICS-CERT originally released advisory “ICSA-11-335-01P - 7-Technologies Data Server Denial of Service” in the US-CERT secure portal on December 01, 2011. This web page release was delayed to allow users time to download and install the update. Security researcher UCQ from the Cyber Defen...

Potential Hurricane Irene Phishing Scams

In the past, US-CERT has received reports of phishing scams and malware campaigns related to topics that are of high-interest to the U.S. Government or news media, such as Hurricane Irene. Users' systems have been compromised by receiving and accessing phishing emails with subject lines that seem...

Cisco Releases Security Advisories

Cisco has released three security advisories to address vulnerabilities affecting the Cisco Unified Communications Manager, the Cisco Unified Presence Server, and the Cisco Intercompany Media Engine. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to disclose sensitive information or cause a...

InduSoft Web Studio Vulnerabilities

Overview ICS-CERT has become aware of a report from the Zero Day Initiative concerning two vulnerabilities in the InduSoft Web Studio software. This information was reported to Zero Day Initiative by independent security researcher Luigi Auriemma. These vulnerabilities exploit unauthenticated...

Mozilla Releases Firefox 6 and 3.6.20

The Mozilla Foundation has released Firefox 6 and Firefox 3.6.20 to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, operate with escalated privileges, or obtain sensitive information. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review th...

Safenet Sentinel and 7-T Input Sanitization Vulnerability

Overview ICS-CERT originally released advisory ICSA-11-314-01P on the US-CERT secure portal on November 14, 2011. This web page release was delayed to allow users time to download and install the update. Security researcher Carlos Mario Penagos Hollman of Synapse-labs has identified an input...

RIM Releases Security Advisory for BlackBerry Enterprise Server

RIM has released a security advisory to address a vulnerability in the BlackBerry MDS Connection Service and BlackBerry Messaging Agent for the BlackBerry Enterprise Server. The vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or gain unauthorized access to the BlackBerry Enterprise...

CentOS Update for postfix CESA-2011:0843 centos5 i386

Check for the Version of postfix OpenVAS Vulnerability Test CentOS Update for postfix CESA-2011:0843 centos5 i386 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it...

Schneider Electric Vijeo Historian Web Server Multiple Vulnerabilities

Overview ICS-CERT originally released Advisory ICSA-11-307-01P on the US-CERT secure Portal on November 03, 2011. This web page release was delayed to allow users time to download and install the update. Researcher Kuang-Chun Hung of Security Research and Service Institute--Information and...

Apple Releases QuickTime 7.7

Apple has released QuickTime 7.7 to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review Apple Support Article HT4826 and apply any necessary updates to...

Microsoft Releases August Security Bulletin

Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office, Microsoft .NET Framework, and Microsoft Developer Tools as part of the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for August 2011. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute...

Black Hat: Remote DOS, Backdoor, Easter Egg Among Newly Discovered Siemens Holes

Dillon Beresford used a presentation at the Black Hat Briefings on Wednesday to detail more software vulnerabilities affecting industrial controllers from Siemens, including a serious remotely exploitable denial of service vulnerability, more hard-coded administrative passwords, and even an easte...

WordPress Themes Vulnerability

TimThumb, a PHP script that is reused in many popular themes for the WordPress blog software, contains a vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to upload arbitrary PHP code to an affected site. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to: determine if any hosted blogs use TimThumb by...

Google Releases Chrome 13.0.782.107

Google has released Chrome 13.0.782.107 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to perform a cross-site scripting attack, or to execute arbitrary code. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the Goog...

Stuxnet Part Deux? US Officials Warn of Stuxnet Variants

Officials at the Department of Homeland Security warned lawmakers this week that we may not have seen the last of Stuxnet, the infamous worm that wound its way through SCADA systems just over a year ago. In a statement published on Tuesday, Sean P. McGurk and Roberta Stempfley of the DHS’ Office ...

Sielco Sistemi Winlog Buffer Overflow

Overview ICS-CERT originally released Advisory ICSA-11-298-01P on the US-CERT secure portal on October 25, 2011. This web page release was delayed to allow users time to download and install the update. Independent researcher Paul Davis has identified a buffer overflow vulnerability in Sielco...

US CERT Director Resigns Without Warning

Randy Vickers, the director of the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team US Cert abruptly abandoned his post on Friday when he tendered his resignation immediately. The resignation came via an email penned by acting assistant secretary for cybersecurity and communications, Bobbie...