Grafana releases an emergency patch for a Zero-Day vulnerability

THREAT LEVEL: Amber. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here. A vulnerability in Chrome and Microsoft Edge Chromium-based exists as a result of a use-after-free Grafana, a database analyzing, and monitoring tool used by major companies has been affected by a high severe zero-day...

Exploit for SQL Injection in Zohocorp Manageengine_Network_Configuration_Manager

CVE-2021-41081 N-DAY VULNERABILITY RESEARCH F...

Aiven Ltd: Zero day path traversal vulnerability in Grafana 8.x allows unauthenticated arbitrary local file read

Summary: Hi team, I've found a path traversal issue in the Grafana instances hosted on the Aiven platforms. With the path traversal it's possible for an unauthenticated user to read arbitrary files on the server. Steps To Reproduce: 1. Login at https://console.aiven.io 1. Create a new Grafana...

Microsoft could not patch this vulnerability yet again

THREAT LEVEL: Amber. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here. An improperly patched Windows vulnerability CVE-2021-24084 can lead to local privilege escalation and information disclosure. The vulnerability was disclosed in October 2020 and even after Microsoft addressed this...

Ongoing Exploitation of Windows Installer CVE-2021-41379

CVE | Vendor Advisory | AttackerKB | IVM Content | Patching Urgency | Last Update ---|---|---|---|---|--- CVE-2021-41379 | Microsoft Advisory | AttackerKB | Scheduled when patched | ASAP when released | December 3, 2021 3:00 PM ET See the Updates section at the end of this post for new informatio...

Unpatched Windows 10 Zero-Day Allows Privileged File Access

An unpatched Windows security vulnerability could allow information disclosure and local privilege escalation LPE, researchers have warned. The issue CVE-2021-24084 has yet to get an official fix, making it a zero-day bug – but a micropatch has been rolled out as a stop-gap measure. Security...

Warning — Hackers Exploiting New Windows Installer Zero-Day Exploit in the Wild

Attackers are actively making efforts to exploit a new variant of a recently disclosed privilege escalation vulnerability to potentially execute arbitrary code on fully-patched systems, once again demonstrating how adversaries move quickly to weaponize a publicly available exploit. Cisco Talos...

Windows Installer vulnerability becomes actively exploited zero-day

Sometimes the ways in which malicious code gets in the hands of cybercriminals is frustrating for those in the industry, and incomprehensible to those on the outside. A quick summary of the events in the history of this exploit: A researcher found a flaw in Windows Installer that would allow an...

Attackers Actively Target Windows Installer Zero-Day

Attackers are actively exploiting a Windows Installer zero-day vulnerability that was discovered when a patch Microsoft issued for another security hole inadequately fixed the original and unrelated problem. Over the weekend, security researcher Abdelhamid Naceri discovered a Windows Installer...

Microsoft could not patch this vulnerability

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here. Microsoft released patches for 44 vulnerabilities on November 9th. CVE-2021-41379 was among them. However, installing this patch does not completely eliminate the vulnerability. An exploit for a new Windows zero-day local...

Attackers exploiting zero-day vulnerability in Windows Installer — Here’s what you need to know and Talos’ coverage

Cisco Talos is releasing new SNORTⓇ rules to protect against the exploitation of a zero-day elevation of privilege vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Installer. This vulnerability allows an attacker with a limited user account to elevate their privileges to become an administrator. This... This i...

A week in security (Nov 15 – Nov 21)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs Instagram’s memorialize feature abused to memorialize…Instagram’s boss Evasive manoeuvres: HTML smuggling explained FBI server hijacked to send up to 100,000 bogus attack mails New Mac malware raises more questions about Apple’s security patching SharkBot Android...

FBI Issues Flash Alert on Actively Exploited FatPipe VPN Zero-Day Bug

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI has disclosed that an unidentified threat actor has been exploiting a previously unknown weakness in the FatPipe MPVPN networking devices at least since May 2021 to obtain an initial foothold and maintain persistent access into vulnerable networks,...

FBI: FatPipe VPN Zero-Day Exploited by APT for 6 Months

A threat actor has been exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in FatPipe’s virtual private network VPN devices as a way to breach companies and gain access to their internal networks, since at least May, the FBI has warned. “As of November 2021, FBI forensic analysis indicated exploitation of a 0-d...

Randori discovered Zero-day in Palo Alto’s GlobalProtect Firewall, affecting ~10,000 assets.

Outline Palo Alto Networks PAN released an update on November 10, 2021, that patched CVE-2021-3064, which was discovered and disclosed by Randori. This vulnerability affects PAN firewalls that use the GlobalProtect Portal VPN, and it allows for unauthenticated remote code execution on susceptible...

A week in security (Nov 8 – Nov 14)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs Multiple video games break after domain name snafu How to remove adware on an Android phone Smart TV adverts put a wrinkle in your programming Are cybercriminals turning away from the US and targeting Europe instead? Patch now! Microsoft plugs actively exploited...

A zero-day vulnerability has been discovered in PAN’s GlobalProtect firewall

THREAT LEVEL: Amber. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here. Palo Alto Networks PAN released an update on November 10, 2021, that patched CVE-2021-3064, which was discovered and disclosed by Randori. This vulnerability affects PAN firewalls that use the GlobalProtect Portal VPN, and ...

Windows 10 Privilege-Escalation Zero-Day Gets Unofficial Fix

A partially unpatched security bug in Windows that could allow local privilege escalation from a regular user to System remains unaddressed fully by Microsoft – but an unofficial micropatch from oPatch has hit the scene. The bug CVE-2021-34484 was originally disclosed and patched as part of...

Mac Zero Day Targets Apple Devices in Hong Kong

Since at least late August, attackers have been using flaws in macOS and iOS – including in-the-wild use of what was then a zero-day flaw – to install a backdoor on the Apple devices of users who visited Hong Kong-based media and pro-democracy sites. This isn’t a finely targeted campaign, but it’...

MacOS Zero-Day Used against Hong Kong Activists

Google researchers discovered a MacOS zero-day exploit being used against Hong Kong activists. It was a "watering hole" attack, which means the malware was hidden in a legitimate website. Users visiting that website would get infected. From an article: Googles researchers were able to trigger the...