CVE-2011-3351

openvas-scanner before 2011-09-11 creates a temporary file insecurely when generating OVAL system characteristics document with the ovaldi integrated tool enabled. A local attacker could use this flaw to conduct symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files on the system...

CVE-2011-3351

openvas-scanner before 2011-09-11 creates a temporary file insecurely when generating OVAL system characteristics document with the ovaldi integrated tool enabled. A local attacker could use this flaw to conduct symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files on the system...

Threat Roundup for November 1 to November 8

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Nov. 1 and Nov. 8. 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 characteristics,...

PESTO - PE (files) Statistical Tool

PESTO is a Python script that extracts and saves in a database some PE file security characteristics or flags searching for every PE binary in a whole directory, and saving results in a database. It checks for architecture flag in the header, and for the following security flags: ASLR, NOSEH, DEP...

Threat Roundup for September 27 to October 4

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Sept. 27 and Oct. 4. 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 characteristics...

Threat Roundup for June 14 to June 21

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between June 14 and June 21. 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 characteristics...

Threat Roundup for March 22 to March 29

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between March 22 and March 29. 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...

Authentication flaw

gdwfpcd.sys in G Data Total Security before 2019-02-22 allows an attacker to bypass ACLs because Interpreted Device Characteristics lacks FILEDEVICESECUREOPEN and therefore files and directories "inside" the \.\gdwfpcd device are not properly protected, leading to unintended impersonation or...

CVE-2019-9742

gdwfpcd.sys in G Data Total Security before 2019-02-22 allows an attacker to bypass ACLs because Interpreted Device Characteristics lacks FILEDEVICESECUREOPEN and therefore files and directories "inside" the \.\gdwfpcd device are not properly protected, leading to unintended impersonation or...

CVE-2019-9742

gdwfpcd.sys in G Data Total Security before 2019-02-22 allows an attacker to bypass ACLs because Interpreted Device Characteristics lacks FILEDEVICESECUREOPEN and therefore files and directories "inside" the \.\gdwfpcd device are not properly protected, leading to unintended impersonation or...

PT-2019-18682

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Emsisoft Anti-Malware versions prior to 2018.12 Description The issue allows an attacker to bypass ACLs due to the lack of FILE DEVICE SECURE OPEN in Interpreted Device Characteristics. This leads to improper protection of files and directorie...

Threat Roundup for Jan. 18 to Jan. 25

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Jan. 18 and Jan. 25. 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 characteristics...

Design/Logic Flaw

A query with a specific set of characteristics could cause a server using DNS64 to encounter an assertion failure and terminate. An attacker could deliberately construct a query, enabling denial-of-service against a server if it was configured to use the DNS64 feature and other preconditions were...

Podcast: Breaking Down the Magecart Threat (Part Two)

Threatpost editor Lindsey O’Donnell talks to RiskIQ’s threat researcher, Yonathan Klijnsma, about the varying groups under the Magecart umbrella, and the differing characteristics, targets and techniques of these growing number of groups. This is the second in a series of three podcasts featuring...

Threat Roundup for November 2 to November 9

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Nov. 02 and Nov. 09. 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 characteristics...

Threat Roundup for Oct. 26 to Nov. 2

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Oct. 26 and Nov. 02. 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 characteristics...

Introducing the Bot Endpoint Protection Report

Todays comprehensive monitoring capabilities in Security Center provide great insight into bot activity and countermeasures applied across your valuable web properties. Filter options allow you to focus on almost any desired detail. However, understanding what is happening on specific protected...

Threat Roundup for August 31 to September 7

Today, as we do every week, Talos is giving you a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we’ve observed this week — covering the dates between Aug. 31 and Sept. 7. As with previous roundups, this post isn’t meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, we will summarize the threats we’ve observed b...

Threat Roundup for June 22-29

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between June 22 and June 29. As with previous round-ups, 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 characteristic...

Threat Roundup for May 18-25

Welcome to Cisco Talos' weekly Threat Roundup, where we go over some of the most prevalent malware and vulnerabilities we've seen over the past week. 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...