VMware Response to Apache Log4j Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-44228, CVE-2021-45046)

1. Impacted Products VMware Horizon VMware vCenter Server VMware HCX VMware NSX-T Data Center VMware Unified Access Gateway VMware WorkspaceOne Access VMware Identity Manager VMware vRealize Operations VMware vRealize Operations Cloud Cloud Proxy VMware vRealize Automation VMware vRealize...

CVE-2021-25320

A Improper Access Control vulnerability in Rancher, allows users in the cluster to make request to cloud providers by creating requests with the cloud-credential ID. Rancher in this case would attach the requested credentials without further checks This issue affects: Rancher versions prior to...

CVE-2021-25320 Rancher: Cloud credentials can be used through proxy API by users without access

A Improper Access Control vulnerability in Rancher, allows users in the cluster to make request to cloud providers by creating requests with the cloud-credential ID. Rancher in this case would attach the requested credentials without further checks This issue affects: Rancher versions prior to...

CVE-2021-25320

CVE-2021-25320 is an improper access control vulnerability in Rancher. Multiple connected sources specify that Rancher versions prior to 2.5.9 and prior to 2.4.16 are affected, allowing cluster users to trigger cloud-provider requests by crafting requests with a cloud-credential ID, with Rancher ...

Microsoft Disrupts Large, Cloud-Based BEC Campaign

Threat hunters at Microsoft recently uncovered and disrupted infrastructure that powered a large-scale business email compromise BEC campaign. The infrastructure was hosted on multiple cloud platforms, which allowed it to stay under the radar for quite some time. “The attackers performed discrete...

Mysterious Custom Malware Collects Billions of Stolen Data Points

Researchers have uncovered a 1.2-terabyte database of stolen data, lifted from 3.2 million Windows-based computers over the course of two years by an unknown, custom malware. The heisted info includes 6.6 million files and 26 million credentials, and 2 billion web login cookies – with 400 million...

Microsoft Lures Populate Half of Credential-Swiping Phishing Emails

Almost half of phishing attacks in 2020 aimed to swipe credentials using Microsoft-related lures – from the Office 365 enterprise service lineup to its Teams collaboration platform. According to a Tuesday report by Cofense, which analyzed millions of emails related to various attacks, 57 percent...

Siemens USA CISO: 3 essentials to look for in a cloud provider

In the latest episode of my series, The Shiproom, I spoke with Kurt John, Chief Cybersecurity Officer CISO at Siemens USA. Kurt is listed in Security Magazine’s Top 10 most influential cybersecurity leaders, and he also serves on a special cybersecurity committee organized by the...

Siemens USA CISO: 3 essentials to look for in a cloud provider

In the latest episode of my series, The Shiproom, I spoke with Kurt John, Chief Cybersecurity Officer CISO at Siemens USA. Kurt is listed in Security Magazine’s Top 10 most influential cybersecurity leaders, and he also serves on a special cybersecurity committee organized by the...

kubernetes: Secret leaks in kube-controller-manager when using vSphere Provider

A flaw was found in kubernetes. Clusters running on VSphere, using VSphere as a cloud provider a with logging level set to 4 or above, VSphere cloud credentials will be leaked in the cloud controller manager's log...

Code injection

In Kubernetes clusters using VSphere as a cloud provider, with a logging level set to 4 or above, VSphere cloud credentials will be leaked in the cloud controller manager's log. This affects v1.19.3...

CVE-2020-8563

In Kubernetes clusters using VSphere as a cloud provider, with a logging level set to 4 or above, VSphere cloud credentials will be leaked in the cloud controller manager's log. This affects v1.19.3...

CVE-2020-8563

CVE-2020-8563 describes a local-information leak in Kubernetes clusters using the vSphere cloud provider: when kube-controller-manager runs with logLevel >= 4, VSphere credentials can be written to logs. The issue affects Kubernetes versions prior to 1.19.3 (as stated in the description). Conn...

Inclusion of Sensitive Information in Log Files

In Kubernetes clusters using VSphere as a cloud provider, with a logging level set to 4 or above, VSphere cloud credentials will be leaked in the cloud controller manager's log...

CVE-2020-12145 Silver Peak Unity OrchestratorTM authentication can be subverted through manipulation of HTTP headers.

Silver Peak Unity Orchestrator versions prior to 8.9.11+, 8.10.11+, or 9.0.1+ uses HTTP headers to authenticate REST API calls from localhost. This makes it possible to log in to Orchestrator by introducing an HTTP HOST header set to 127.0.0.1 or localhost. Orchestrator instances that are hosted ...

Information Disclosure

github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes is vulnerable to information disclosure. When using using VSphere as a cloud provider a with logging level set to 4 or above, VSphere cloud credentials will are leaked in the cloud controller manager's log...

NICER Protocol Deep Dive: Internet Exposure of SMTP

Welcome to the NICER Protocol Deep Dive blog series! When we started researching what all was out on the internet way back in January, we had no idea we'd end up with a hefty, 137-page tome of a research report. The sheer length of such a thing might put off folks who might otherwise learn a thin...

Kubernetes: secret leaks in vsphere cloud controller manager log

Report Submission Form Summary: When create k8s cluster over vsphere and enable vsphere as cloud provider. With logging level set to 4 or above, secret information will be printed out in the cloud controller manager's log. Kubernetes Version: 1.18.6 Component Version: legacy cloud provider Steps ...

Black Hat 2020: Linux Spyware Stack Ties Together 5 Chinese APTs

A stack of Linux backdoor malware used for espionage, compiled dynamically and customizable to specific targets, is being used as a shared resource by five different Chinese-language APT groups, according to researchers. According to an analysis from BlackBerry released at Black Hat 2020 on...

Kubernetes: Bypass apiserver proxy filter

Report Submission Form Summary: TL,DR: Time-of-check apiserver proxy filter Time-of-use apiserver proxy request Race Condition. When the apiserver is proxying a request to a node though one of its addresses, it performs a filter validation. If the address type is a DNS record Hostname, ExternalDN...