North Korean Hackers Deploy FudModule Rootkit via Chrome Zero-Day Exploit

A recently patched security flaw in Google Chrome and other Chromium web browsers was exploited as a zero-day by North Korean actors in a campaign designed to deliver the FudModule rootkit. The development is indicative of the persistent efforts made by the nation-state adversary, which has made ...

VMware WorkStation 12.5.3 - Virtual Machine Escape

VMware Escape Exploit VMware Escape Exploit before VMware WorkStation 12.5.3 Host Target: Win10 x64 Compiler: VS2013 Test on VMware 12.5.2 build-4638234 Known issues Failing to heap manipulation causes host process crash. About 50% successful rate Not quite elaborate because I'm not good at doing...

Hackers Take Down Safari, VMware and Oracle at Pwn2Own

Hackers took down Apple Safari, VMware Workstation, and Oracle VirtualBox on Wednesday, the first day of Pwn2Own, the annual hacking competition held in tandem with the CanSecWest conference in Vancouver. Contestants with the team of Fluoroacetate Amat Cama and Richard Zhu were the first to hit p...

VirtualBox 5.2.6.r120293 - VM Escape Exploit

Exploit for linux platform in category local exploits Oracle fixed some of the issues I reported in VirtualBox during the Oracle Critical Patch Update - April 2018. CVE-2018-2844 was an interesting double fetch vulnerability in VirtualBox Video Acceleration VBVA feature affecting Linux hosts. VBV...

VMware WorkStation 12.5.5 - Virtual Machine Escape

VMware Escape Exploit VMware Escape Exploit before VMware WorkStation 12.5.5 Host Target: Win10 x64 Compiler: VS2013 Test on VMware 12.5.2 build-4638234 Known issues Failing to heap manipulation causes host process crash. Not quite elaborate because I'm not good at doing heap "fengshui" on winows...