CVE-2022-36930 Local Privilege Escalation in Zoom Rooms for Windows Installers

Zoom Rooms for Windows installers before version 5.13.0 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A local low-privileged user could exploit this vulnerability in an attack chain to escalate their privileges to the SYSTEM user...

Zoom Rooms 安全漏洞

Zoom Rooms is a software-based conferencing system from Zoom USA. A system that allows web conferencing on fixed endpoints, similar to traditional video conferencing systems. A security vulnerability exists in Zoom Rooms for Windows installers versions prior to 5.13.0. An attacker could exploit t...

PT-2022-27823 · Unknown · Squirrel.Windows

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Squirrel.Windows versions 2.0.1 and earlier Description: The issue is related to the DLL search path in installers generated by Squirrel.Windows, which may lead to insecurely loading Dynamic Link Libraries. As a result, arbitrary code may be...

An Alleged Russian Smuggling Ring Was Uncovered in New Hampshire

Plus: An FBI platform got hacked, an ex-Twitter employee is sentenced for espionage, malicious Windows 10 installers circulate in Ukraine, and more...

Probing Weaponized Chat Applications Abused in Supply-Chain Attacks

This report examines the infection chain and the pieces of malware used by malicious actors in supply-chain attacks that leveraged trojanized installers of chat-based customer engagement platforms...

PT-2022-10072 · Exemsi · Exemsi Msi Wrapper

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: EXEMSI MSI Wrapper versions prior to 10.0.50 Description: The issue introduces a local privilege escalation vulnerability in installers created by the affected software. Recommendations: For versions prior to 10.0.50, update to version 10.0.5...

CVE-2022-31694

InstallBuilder Qt installers built with versions previous to 22.10 try to load DLLs from the installer binary parent directory when displaying popups. This may allow an attacker to plant a malicious DLL in the installer parent directory to allow executing code with the privileges of the installer...

PT-2022-20893 · Unknown · Installbuilder

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: InstallBuilder Qt installers versions prior to 22.10 Description: The issue allows an attacker to potentially execute code with the privileges of the installer by planting a malicious DLL in the installer parent directory. This can happen whe...

DEV-0569 finds new ways to deliver Royal ransomware, various payloads

Recent activity from the threat actor that Microsoft tracks as DEV-0569, known to distribute various payloads, has led to the deployment of the Royal ransomware, which first emerged in September 2022 and is being distributed by multiple threat actors. Observed DEV-0569 attacks show a pattern of...

New PHP Version of Ducktail Malware Hijacking Facebook Business Accounts

A PHP version of an information-stealing malware called Ducktail has been discovered in the wild being distributed in the form of cracked installers for legitimate apps and games, according to the latest findings from Zscaler. "Like older versions .NetCore, the latest version PHP also aims to...

Forced Chrome extensions get removed, keep reappearing

In the continued saga of annoying search extensions we have a new end-of-level boss. Victims have been reporting browser extensions that were removed by Malwarebytes, but “magically” came back later. Since the victims also complained about the message saying their browser was "managed", we had a...

CVE-2022-31500

In KNIME Analytics Platform below 4.6.0, the Windows installer sets improper filesystem permissions...

Metasploit Wrap-Up

Redis Sandbox Escape Our very own Jake Baines wrote a module that performs a sandbox escape on Redis versions between 5.0.0 and 6.1.0 and achieves remote code execution as the redis user. Redis installations can be password protected, so this module supports exploiting the vulnerability with and...

Purple Fox Uses New Arrival Vector and Improves Malware Arsenal

Purple Fox is an old threat that has been making waves since 2018. This most recent investigation covers Purple Fox’s new arrival vector and early access loaders. Users’ machines seem to be targeted with malicious payloads masquerading as legitimate application installers...

SolarMarker Malware Uses Novel Techniques to Persist on Hacked Systems

In a sign that threat actors continuously shift tactics and update their defensive measures, the operators of the SolarMarker information stealer and backdoor have been found leveraging stealthy Windows Registry tricks to establish long-term persistence on compromised systems. Cybersecurity firm...

Chaes Banking Trojan Hijacks Chrome Browser with Malicious Extensions

A financially-motivated malware campaign has compromised over 800 WordPress websites to deliver a banking trojan dubbed Chaes targeting Brazilian customers of Banco do Brasil, Loja Integrada, Mercado Bitcoin, Mercado Livre, and Mercado Pago. First documented by Cybereason in November 2020, the...

‘PseudoManuscrypt’ Mass Spyware Campaign Targets 35K Systems

Researchers have tracked new spyware – dubbed “PseudoManuscrypt” because it’s similar to “Manuscrypt” malware from the Lazarus advanced persistent threat APT group – that’s attempted to scribble itself across more than 35,000 targeted computers in 195 countries. Kaspersky researchers said in a...

The vulnerability of the installation files of Kaspersky Anti-Virus, Kaspersky Internet Security, Kaspersky Total Security, Kaspersky Small Office Security, and Kaspersky Security Cloud allows a perpetrator to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of the protected information.

The vulnerability of installation files of Kaspersky Anti-Virus, Kaspersky Internet Security, Kaspersky Total Security, Kaspersky Small Office Security, and Kaspersky Security Cloud antivirus products is related to errors in processing XML requests. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow attacke...

Malvertising attack distributes malicious Chrome extensions, backdoors

By Waqas Researchers believe that the campaign has been active since 2018, and since then, the malware has been under development constantly. Cisco Talos researchers have identified malvertising campaigns using fake installers of popular games and applications, such as WeChat, Viber, Battlefield,...

Magnat campaigns use malvertising to deliver information stealer, backdoor and malicious Chrome extension

By Tiago Pereira. Talos recently observed a malicious campaign offering fake installers of popular software as bait to get users to execute malware on their systems. This campaign includes a set of malware distribution campaigns that started in late 2018 and have targeted mainly Canada, along...