Spectre Vulnerability in CPU Processor Kernel

CPU hardware is a set of firmware that runs in the CPU Central Processing Unit to manage and control the CPU. The Spectre vulnerability exists in the CPU processor kernel, where an attacker can use a malicious application to gain access to private data that should be quarantined due to Intel's...

Huge Flaws Affect Nearly Every Modern Device; Patch Could Hit CPU Performance

UPDATE: Researchers have finally disclosed complete technical details of two kernel side-channel attacks, Meltdown and Spectre—which affect not only Intel but also systems and devices running AMD, ARM processors—allowing attackers to steal sensitive data from the system memory. The first week of...

Ubiquiti Inc.: Unrestricted File System Access via Twig Template Injection on dev-ucrm-billing-demo.ubnt.com

The researcher found a Local File inclusion vulnerability, this could be exploited by using Twig templates available on the system. This vulnerability only have the potential to affect dev-ucrm-billing-demo.ubnt.com, although is limited by the restricted environment docker with don't allow any...

Linux kernel access restriction bypass vulnerability

Linux kernel is the kernel used by Linux, the open source operating system released by the Linux Foundation in the United States. A security vulnerability exists in the net/netfilter/nfnetlinkcthelper.c file in Linux kernel 4.14.4 and earlier, which stems from the nfnlcthelperlist data structure...

Vulnerability in PAN-OS and Panorama on Management Interface

Through the exploitation of a combination of unrelated vulnerabilities, and via the management interface of the device, an attacker could remotely execute code on PAN-OS or Panorama in the context of the highest privileged user. Ref PAN-61094 / PAN-80990 / PAN-80993 / PAN-80994 / CVE-2017-15944...

Server-Side Request Forgery in PAN-OS

A vulnerability exists in the PAN-OS web interface in the configuration file import for applications, spyware and vulnerability objects. Exploitation of this vulnerability allows for the parsing of external entities and could lead a PAN-OS device to connect to and disclose limited information to...

The vulnerability of the Python script execution subsystem of the NX-OS network operating system allows a attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system.

The vulnerability of the Python script execution subsystem in the NX-OS network operating system is related to insufficient cleaning of user parameters used by certain Python functions in an isolated scripting environment. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to exit the isolate...

Vocran NVR Remote Command Execution

The remote Vocran network video recorder is affected by a remote command execution vulnerability due to improper sanitization of user-supplied input passed via /board.cgi. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted URL, to execute arbitrary commands on the device...

Partner Perspectives: How to Quickly Automate a Response Playbook With Carbon Black

Editor's Note: This blog originally appeared on Red Canary's website. Outwardly, Red Canary appears to focus heavily on the “Detection” in Endpoint Detection and Response. Much of what we share addresses the need to understand the platforms that we defend, and techniques that can be applied to...

Making Microsoft Edge the most secure browser with Windows Defender Application Guard

Innovation in the attack space is constant as adversaries increase in both determination and sophistication. In response to increased investments in defense, attackers are adapting and improving tactics at breakneck speed. The good news is that defenders are also innovating and disrupting long...

Mac OS X 10.12 isolation mechanism bypass vulnerability

Vulnerability summary Mac OS X a vulnerability exists that could allow an attacker to bypass the Apple of the isolation mechanism, without any restrictions to execute arbitrary JavaScript code. Vulnerability submitter From WeAreSegment security researcher Filippo Cavallarin to Beyond Security SSD...

Over The Air - Vol. 2, Pt. 3: Exploiting The Wi-Fi Stack on Apple Devices

Posted by Gal Beniamini, Project Zero In this blog post we’ll complete our goal of achieving remote kernel code execution on the iPhone 7, by means of Wi-Fi communication alone. After developing a Wi-Fi firmware exploit in the previous blog post, we are left with the task of using our newly...

Optional Windows NTLM SSO authentication changes

Microsoft is releasing an optional security enhancement to NT LAN Manager NTLM, limiting which network resources various clients in the Windows 10 or the Windows Server 2016 operating systems can use NTLM Single Sign OnSSO as an authentication method. When you deploy the new security enhancement...

IoT Device Security At Home

My girlfriend read something that worried her about the security risks posed by Internet of Things IoT devices at home. She had recently purchased a new TV, and she has an older home security system. She asked if her privacy might be at risk. We talked about the kinds of problems an unprotected...

A Modern Hypervisor as a Basis for a Sandbox

In the field of information security, sandboxes are used to isolate an insecure external environment from a secure internal environment or vice versa, to protect against the exploitation of vulnerabilities, and to analyze malicious code. At Kaspersky Lab, we have several sandboxes, including an...

LOYTEC LVIS-3ME

CVSS v3 8.1 ATTENTION: Remotely exploitable/low skill level to exploit. Vendor: LOYTEC Equipment: LVIS-3ME Vulnerabilities: Relative Path Traversal, Insufficient Entropy, Cross-site Scripting, Insufficiently Protected Credentials AFFECTED PRODUCTS The following versions of LVIS-3ME, an HMI Touch...

RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2017:2437)

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for...

chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities

Google Chrome Releases reports: Several security fixes in this release, including: 780450 High CVE-2018-6031: Use after free in PDFium. Reported by Anonymous on 2017-11-01 787103 High CVE-2018-6032: Same origin bypass in Shared Worker. Reported by Jun Kokatsu @shhnjk on 2017-11-20 793620 High...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for...

Avoid the Liability Associated with Running End-of-Life Operating Systems (EOL)

Recent attacks such as WannaCry and NotPetya have demonstrated hackers are more familiar with the vulnerabilities of unsupported systems than many organizations themselves. When new patches are released, attackers easily reverse-engineer the updates and quickly find all the weaknesses in...