Microsoft Device Metadata Authoring Wizard Remote Code Execution

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Device Metadata Authoring Wizard. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system...

Microsoft Windows 10: Prevent device metadata retrieval from the Internet

This policy setting prevents Windows from retrieving device metadata from the Internet. If enabled, Windows does not retrieve device metadata for installed devices from the Internet. This policy setting overrides the setting in the Device Installation Settings dialog box. OpenVAS Vulnerability Te...

USN-3619-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Jann Horn discovered that the Berkeley Packet Filter BPF implementation in the Linux kernel improperly performed sign extension in some situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2017-16995 It was discovered that a...