The vulnerability of the Windows Shell component of the Windows operating system, which allows a hacker to execute arbitrary code

The vulnerability of the Windows Shell component of the Windows operating system exists due to insufficient checking of file copy addresses. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor, operating remotely, to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user, using specially...

Xen Hypervisor New CPU Interrupt Descriptor Table (IDT) Copy Handling Guest-to-Host Privilege Escalation (XSA-244)

According to its self-reported version number, the Xen hypervisor installed on the remote host is affected by an unspecified flaw that is triggered when, as a new CPU is brought online, it copies certain selector fields from CPU0's Interrupt Descriptor Table IDT while CPU0 is in HVM context. This...

CVE-2017-13999

A Stack-based Buffer Overflow issue was discovered in WECON LEVI Studio HMI Editor v1.8.1 and prior. Multiple stack-based buffer overflow vulnerabilities have been identified in which the application does not verify string size before copying to memory; the attacker may then be able to crash the...

The vulnerability of the software tools for backup and data restoration in NetBackup Appliance and NetBackup allows a malicious individual to execute arbitrary commands in a privileged mode. This vulnerability is related to deficiencies in access control.

The vulnerability of software tools for backup and data restoration in NetBackup Appliance and NetBackup lies in the lack of access control mechanisms root/admin privileges. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to remotely copy any file and execute arbitrary commands with...

First Android Malware Found Exploiting Dirty COW Linux Flaw to Gain Root Privileges

Nearly a year after the disclosure of the Dirty COW vulnerability that affected the Linux kernel, cybercriminals have started exploiting the vulnerability against Android users, researchers have warned. Publicly disclosed last year in October, Dirty COW was present in a section of the Linux...

CVE-2017-14639

AP4VisualSampleEntry::ReadFields in Core/Ap4SampleEntry.cpp in Bento4 1.5.0-617 uses incorrect character data types, which causes a stack-based buffer underflow and out-of-bounds write, leading to denial of service application crash or possibly unspecified other impact...

Cisco FindIT DLL Preloading Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the Cisco FindIT Network Discovery Utility could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform a DLL preloading attack, potentially causing a partial impact to device availability, confidentiality, and integrity. The vulnerability is due to the application loading a malicio...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID30615: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on September 15, 2017

Medium Alert ID: 55243 First Published: 2017 September 15 18:01 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID30615 may contain the following files: Name ...

CVE-2017-8699

Windows Shell in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 and R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to run arbitrary code in the context of the current user, due to the way that Windows...

CVE-2017-8699

Windows Shell in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 and R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to run arbitrary code in the context of the current user, due to the way that Windows...

Security update for the Windows shell remote code execution vulnerability in Windows Server 2008: September 12, 2017

Security update for the Windows shell remote code execution vulnerability in Windows Server 2008: September 12, 2017 Summary A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Windows Shell does not properly validate file copy destinations. To learn more about the vulnerability, see CVE-2017-8699...

Description of the security update for PowerPoint 2016: September 12, 2017

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CVE-2017-14259

In the SDK in Bento4 1.5.0-616, the AP4StscAtom class in Ap4StscAtom.cpp contains a Write Memory Access Violation vulnerability. It is possible to exploit this vulnerability and possibly execute arbitrary code by opening a crafted .MP4 file...

CVE-2017-12840

A kernel driver, namely DLMFENC.sys, bundled with the DESLock+ client application 4.8.16 and earlier contains a locally exploitable heap based buffer overflow in the handling of an IOCTL message of type 0x0FA4204. The vulnerability is present due to the kernel driver failing to allocate sufficien...

MP3 WAV to CD Burner 1.4.24 - Buffer Overflow (SEH) Exploit

Exploit for windows platform in category local exploits !/usr/bin/python Exploit Title: MP3 WAV to CD Burner 1.4.24 - 'Enter User Name' Field Buffer Overflow SEH Date: 24-08-2017 Exploit Author: Anurag Srivastava Website: www.pyramidcyber.com Vulnerable Software: MP3 WAV to CD Burner Vendor...

MP3 WAV to CD Burner 1.4.24 - Local Buffer Overflow (SEH)

MP3 WAV to CD Burner 1.4.24 - Local Buffer Overflow SEH !/usr/bin/python Exploit Title: MP3 WAV to CD Burner 1.4.24 - 'Enter User Name' Field Buffer Overflow SEH Date: 24-08-2017 Exploit Author: Anurag Srivastava Website: www.pyramidcyber.com Vulnerable Software: MP3 WAV to CD Burner Vendor...

RedHat Update for git RHSA-2017:2485-01

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Heap overflow

In a display driver in all Qualcomm products with Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, or QRD Android, a variable controlled by userspace is used to calculate offsets and sizes for copy operations, which could result in heap overflow...

CVE-2017-12762

In /drivers/isdn/i4l/isdnnet.c: A user-controlled buffer is copied into a local buffer of constant size using strcpy without a length check which can cause a buffer overflow. This affects the Linux kernel 4.9-stable tree, 4.12-stable tree, 3.18-stable tree, and 4.4-stable tree...

CVE-2017-12762

In /drivers/isdn/i4l/isdnnet.c: A user-controlled buffer is copied into a local buffer of constant size using strcpy without a length check which can cause a buffer overflow. This affects the Linux kernel 4.9-stable tree, 4.12-stable tree, 3.18-stable tree, and 4.4-stable tree...