Crypto Miners May Be the ‘New Payload of Choice’ for Attackers

Ransomware has been a favorite and time-tested tool for cybercriminals, but the rise of cryptocurrency has given them a broad new target with key strategic advantages, leading to a sharp uptick in crypto mining botnets, researchers at Cisco Talos say. Attackers “are beginning to recognize that th...

Elastic Logstash 'CVE-2015-5619' Man in the Middle Security Bypass Vulnerability

Elastic Logstash is prone to a security bypass vulnerability. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 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 CPE = "cpe:/a:elastic:logstash";...

EtherDelta cryptocurrency exchange hacked in fake website scam

By Waqas Cybercriminals have their eyes set on mining cryptocurrencies and exploiting This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: EtherDelta cryptocurrency exchange hacked in fake website scam...

vBulletin <= 5.3.4 Arbitrary File Deletion And RCE Vulnerabilities

vBulletin is prone to arbitrary file deletion and remote code execution RCE vulnerabilities. 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 CP...

CVE-2017-7344

A privilege escalation in Fortinet FortiClient Windows 5.4.3 and earlier as well as 5.6.0 allows attacker to gain privilege via exploiting the Windows "security alert" dialog thereby popping up when the "VPN before logon" feature is enabled and an untrusted certificate chain...

Browser security beyond sandboxing

Security is now a strong differentiator in picking the right browser. We all use browsers for day-to-day activities like staying in touch with loved ones, but also for editing sensitive private and corporate documents, and even managing our financial assets. A single compromise through a web...

HP/HPE System Management Homepage (SMH) Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities (HPESBMU03753)

HP/HPE System Management Homepage SMH is prone to multiple vulnerabilities. Copyright C 2017 Greenbone Networks GmbH 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-or-later This program is...

CVE-2017-14705

DenyAll WAF before 6.4.1 allows unauthenticated remote command execution via TCP port 3001 because shell metacharacters can be inserted into the type parameter to the tailDateFile function in /webservices/stream/tail.php. An iToken authentication parameter is required but can be obtained by...

Miners on the Rise

Miners are a class of malware whose popularity has grown substantially this year. The actual process of cryptocurrency mining is perfectly legal, though there are groups of people who hoodwink unwitting users into installing mining software on their computers, or exploiting software vulnerabiliti...

Microsoft Windows CVE-2017-8716 Security Bypass Vulnerability

Description Microsoft Windows is prone to a security-bypass vulnerability. Successfully exploiting this issue may allow attackers to bypass certain security restrictions. Technologies Affected Microsoft Windows 10 version 1703 for 32-bit Systems Microsoft Windows 10 version 1703 for x64-based...

Linux Kernel - 'BadIRET' Local Privilege Escalation

CVE-2014-9322 PoC for Linux kernel CVE-2014-9322 a.k.a BadIRET proof of concept for Linux kernel. This PoC uses only syscalls not any libraries, like pthread. Threads are implemented using raw Linux syscalls. Raw Linux Threads via System Calls Usage $ make badiret.elf is an ELF executable...

Dropbear Post-authentication root RCE Vulnerability (CVE-2017-9078)

Dropbear is prone to a post-authentication root remote code execution RCE vulnerability. 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 CPE =...

explo - Human And Machine Readable Web Vulnerability Testing Format

explo is a simple tool to describe web security issues in a human and machine readable format. By defining a request/condition workflow, explo is able to exploit security issues without the need of writing a script. This allows to share complex vulnerabilities in a simple readable and executable...

PingID MFA Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Exploit for php platform in category web applications Product: PingID MFA 1 Vendor: Ping Identity Corporation CSNC ID: CSNC-2017-013 Subject: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting Risk: High Effect: Remotely exploitable Author: Stephan Sekula Date: 18.04.2017 Introduction: ------------- With PingID MFA,...

Microsoft Windows SMB Server CVE-2017-0276 Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Description Microsoft Windows is prone to an information-disclosure vulnerability. Attackers can exploit this issue to obtain sensitive information that may aid in launching further attacks. Technologies Affected Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems Microsoft Windows 10 Version 16...

Generic HTTP Directory Traversal / File Inclusion (Web Root) - Active Check

Generic check for HTTP directory traversal / file inclusion vulnerabilities on the web root level of the remote web server. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders...

XOOPS 'findusers.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

XOOPS is prone to an SQL injection vulnerability. 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 CPE = "cpe:/a:xoops:xoops"; ifdescription...

Information Disclosure in the Management Web Interface

A vulnerability exists in the Management Web Interface that could allow for Information Disclosure. The Management Web Interface does not properly validate specific request parameters which can potentially allow for Information Disclosure. Ref PAN-70434 / CVE-2017-7216 Successfully exploiting thi...

Temporary DoS for Traps Agent

A vulnerability exists with the Traps ESM Console that could allow an attacker to cause a temporary Denial of Service DoS to a Traps agent. The ESM Console does not properly validate requests to revoke a Traps agent license. Ref CYV-11547 / CVE-2017-7408 Successfully exploiting this issue revokes...

GitHub Enterprise Remote Code Execution via Marshal

pEveryone uses GitHub. If you have huge amount of green paper or you are very paranoid about your code, you can run your own GitHub. For $2,500 USD per 10 user years you get GitHub Enterprise: A virtual machine containing a fully-featured GitHub instance. Despite a few edge cases that are handled...