The vulnerability of Excel spreadsheet editors, related to data processing errors, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of Excel spreadsheet editors is related to data processing errors. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code...

MCExtractor - Intel, AMD, VIA & Freescale Microcode Extraction Tool

Intel, AMD, VIA & Freescale Microcode Extraction Tool MC Extractor News Feed MC Extractor Discussion Topic Intel, AMD & VIA CPU Microcode Repositories A. About MC Extractor MC Extractor is a tool which parses Intel, AMD, VIA and Freescale processor microcode binaries. It can be used by end-users...

The vulnerability of Microsoft Excel editors, caused by errors in memory object processing, allows attackers to gain access to protected information.

The vulnerability of Microsoft Excel editors stems from errors in memory object handling. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow a malicious actor, operating remotely, to gain access to protected information...

Threatpost News Wrap Podcast for June 8

Threatpost editors Tom Spring, Tara Seals and Lindsey O’Donnell discuss the week’s information security news, including a bevy of IoT device privacy incidents, a critical Adobe Flash vulnerability, and an update on the breadth and impact of the VPNFilter malware found last month by Cisco Talos...

The vulnerability of Microsoft Excel editors arises from errors in memory object processing, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of Microsoft Excel spreadsheet editors is related to the execution of operations beyond the buffer boundaries in memory. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to execute arbitrary code using a specially crafted file from a remote location...

The vulnerability of Microsoft Excel editors arises from errors in memory object processing, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of Microsoft Excel spreadsheet editors is related to the execution of operations beyond the buffer boundaries in memory. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to execute arbitrary code using a specially crafted file from a remote location...

Researchers Show How Popular Text Editors Can Be Attacked Via Third-Party Plugins

Security risks in popular extensible text editors allow hackers to abuse plugins and escalate privileges on targeted systems, according to new research from SafeBreach. Inadequate separation of regular and elevated access modes used in editors and a lack of folder permissions integrity allow...

Plugins for Popular Text Editors Could Help Hackers Gain Elevated Privileges

Whether you're a developer, designer or a writer, a good text editor always help you save time and make you work more efficiently. For example, I use Sublime a lot while programming because it includes some useful tools like 'syntax highlighting' and 'autocomplete' that every advanced text editor...

The vulnerabilities of Microsoft Excel editors, Microsoft Excel Viewer for electronic spreadsheet viewing, and the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack are caused by an operation that goes beyond the buffer boundaries in memory, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of Microsoft Excel editors, Microsoft Excel Viewer, and the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack is related to improper handling of objects in memory. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a malicious actor to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user...

Stacks - Critical - Arbitrary PHP code execution - SA-CONTRIB-2018-001

This module enables content editors to create complex pages and layouts on the fly without the help from a developer, using reusable widgets. The module does not sufficiently filter values posted to its AJAX endpoint, which leads to the instantiation of an arbitrary PHP class. This vulnerability ...

OneThird CMS vulnerable to directory traversal

Overview OneThird CMS provided by SpiQe Software is a Contents Management System CMS. OneThird CMS contains a directory traversal vulnerability CWE-22. Yuji Tounai of NTT Communications Corporation reported this vulnerability to IPA. JPCERT/CC coordinated with the developer under Information...

CVE-2017-14198

An issue was discovered in Squiz Matrix before 5.3.6.1 and 5.4.x before 5.4.1.3. Authenticated users with permissions to edit design assets can cause Remote Code Execution RCE via a maliciously crafted timeformat tag...

The First Threatpost Alumni Podcast

With Mike Mimoso leaving Threatpost, it was high time to get many of the people responsible for the site’s success throughout the years together for a podcast. Founding editors Ryan Naraine and Dennis Fisher along with Mike, Chris Brook, Brian Donohue and Christen Gentile are aboard for a memorab...

TYPO3 Information Disclosure Vulnerability (CNVD-2017-31808)

TYPO3 is a free and open source content management system framework CMS/CMF maintained by the Swiss TYPO3 Association. TYPO3 suffers from an information disclosure vulnerability. Because the program fails to properly check user permissions on file storage, an editor could obtain information about...

The vulnerability in the XFA event-management system allows attackers to execute arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects programs for editing PDF files such as Adobe Acrobat Document Cloud and Adobe Acrobat, as well as programs for viewing PDF files like Adobe Reader and Adobe Reader Document Cloud.

The vulnerability of XFA event management and PDF editing programs like Adobe Acrobat Document Cloud, Adobe Acrobat, and PDF viewer programs like Adobe Reader, Adobe Reader Document Cloud is related to the use of memory after it is released. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow a malicious act...

Vulnerability in the JPEG parser of PDF editing software like Adobe Acrobat Document Cloud, Adobe Acrobat, and PDF viewing software like Adobe Reader, Foxit Reader, Adobe Reader Document Cloud, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability in the JPEG parser of PDF editing software like Adobe Acrobat Document Cloud, Adobe Acrobat, and PDF viewing software like Adobe Reader and Foxit Reader arises due to an operation going beyond the buffer limits in memory. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to...

The Windows Malware Analysis Distribution: flare-vm

FLARE VM is a freely available and open sourced Windows-based security distribution designed for reverse engineers, malware analysts, incident responders, forensicators, and penetration testers. Inspired by open-source Linux-based security distributions like Kali Linux, REMnux and others, FLARE V...

Unauthorized Workspace Modification

typo3/neos is vulnerable to unauthorized workspace modification. Remote editors can access, create and modify content nodes in other editor's workspaces...

The vulnerability of JPEG decoders in PDF editing and viewing software such as Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Reader, Document Cloud, Adobe Acrobat Document Cloud, and Adobe Reader allows attackers to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of JPEG decoders in PDF file editing and viewing applications from Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Reader, Document Cloud, and Adobe Acrobat Document Cloud arises from operations that go beyond the buffer limits in memory. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow a malicious actor to execut...

The vulnerabilities of PDF viewing and editing programs such as Adobe Reader, Adobe Acrobat Document Cloud, Adobe Acrobat, and Adobe Reader Document Cloud allow attackers to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerabilities of PDF viewing and editing programs such as Adobe Reader, Adobe Acrobat Document Cloud, Adobe Acrobat, and Adobe Reader Document Cloud are related to the use of memory after it is freed. Exploiting these vulnerabilities can allow a malicious actor to execute arbitrary code...