v8-vulnerabilities

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Traccar has a weak password vulnerability

Traccar is an open source GPS tracking system. Traccar suffers from a weak password vulnerability that can be exploited by attackers to obtain sensitive information...

Photon OS 4.0: Gnutls PHSA-2021-4.0-0035

An update of the gnutls package has been released. C Tenable, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from VMware Security Advisory PHSA-2021-4.0-0035. The text itself is copyright C VMware, Inc. include'deprecatednasllevel.inc'; include'compat.inc'; if...

Photon OS 3.0: Polkit PHSA-2021-3.0-0248

An update of the polkit package has been released. C Tenable, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from VMware Security Advisory PHSA-2021-3.0-0248. The text itself is copyright C VMware, Inc. include'deprecatednasllevel.inc'; include'compat.inc'; if...

Necro Python Malware Upgrades With New Exploits and Crypto Mining Capabilities

New upgrades have been made to a Python-based "self-replicating, polymorphic bot" called Necro in what's seen as an attempt to improve its chances of infecting vulnerable systems and evading detection. "Although the bot was originally discovered earlier this year, the latest activity shows numero...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : polkit vulnerability (USN-4980-1)

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4980-1 advisory. Kevin Backhouse discovered that polkit incorrectly handled errors in the polkitsystembusnamegetcredssync function. A local attacker could possibly use this issue ...

FreeBSD : isc-dhcp -- remotely exploitable vulnerability (e24fb8f8-c39a-11eb-9370-b42e99a1b9c3)

Michael McNally reports : Program code used by the ISC DHCP package to read and parse stored leases has a defect that can be exploited by an attacker to cause one of several undesirable outcomes %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this...

Where Bug Bounty Programs Fall Flat

Eavesdropping on the chatter of 600+ cybercriminal forums shows that cybercriminals have specific preferences, shown by the flavors of exploits they requisition, and that the bug bounty programs either are too slow, don’t pay enough or are just the start of profit-making. A year-long study into t...

exploit-database

This is an official repository of exploits and shellcodes, sponsored by Offensive Security. The repository contains a collection of publicly available exploits and corresponding vulnerable software, developed for use by penetration testers and vulnerability researchers. The Exploit Database is a...

Photon OS 4.0: Dhcp PHSA-2021-4.0-0034

An update of the dhcp package has been released. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from VMware Security Advisory PHSA-2021-4.0-0034. The text itself is copyright C VMware, Inc. include'deprecatednasllevel.inc...

Photon OS 4.0: Nginx PHSA-2021-4.0-0032

An update of the nginx package has been released. C Tenable, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from VMware Security Advisory PHSA-2021-4.0-0032. The text itself is copyright C VMware, Inc. include'deprecatednasllevel.inc'; include'compat.inc'; if descripti...

Photon OS 3.0: Linux PHSA-2021-3.0-0243

An update of the linux package has been released. C Tenable, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from VMware Security Advisory PHSA-2021-3.0-0243. The text itself is copyright C VMware, Inc. include'deprecatednasllevel.inc'; include'compat.inc'; if descripti...

Slackware 14.0 / 14.1 / 14.2 / current : curl (SSA:2021-146-01)

New curl packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix security issues. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Slackware Security Advisory 2021-146-01. The text itself is copyrigh...

PDF Feature ‘Certified’ Widely Vulnerable to Attack

Certified portable document format PDF files are used to securely sign agreements between two parties while keeping the contents’ integrity protected, but a new report found the security protections on most certified PDF applications were inadequate and left organizations exposed to a number of...

What is Ping of Death Assault?

Ping of death is a strategy for DoS Denial of Service assault. It’s an attack-type that objectifies the ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol and the TCP Transmission Control Protocol, and is quite possibly the most undermining of all ICMP attacks. The ping of death attack is otherwise called a...

Juniper Junos OS Buffer Overflow (JSA11142)

The version of Junos OS installed on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the JSA11142 advisory. Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number. TRUSTED...

Getting a persistent shell on a 747 IFE

TL:DR The Coronavirus pandemic has hit the airline industry hard. One sad consequence was early retirement of most of the 747 passenger fleet. This does however create opportunities for aviation security research, as airframes are parked up before parting out in breakers yards. This 747 was flyin...

jexboss

Exploit module/targeting JBoss Application Server and others Java Platforms, Frameworks, Applications, etc. The provided code is a Python script that appears to be a tool for testing and exploiting vulnerabilities in JBoss Application Server and other Java-based platforms. The script is written i...

2021 Attacker Dwell Time Trends and Best Defenses

Cyberattacks have shifted from the usual smash-and-grab type of heists to stealthier campaigns where hackers silently camp out on networks for long periods, stealing anything they can get their hands on. Called attacker dwell time, this is part of an adversarial approach that has become even more...

CentOS 8 : grafana (CESA-2021:1859)

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CESA-2021:1859 advisory. - grafana: XSS via a query alias for the Elasticsearch and Testdata datasource CVE-2020-24303 - crewjam/saml: authentication bypass in saml...