CVE-2018-6536

An issue was discovered in Icinga 2.x through 2.8.1. The daemon creates an icinga2.pid file after dropping privileges to a non-root account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging access to this non-root account for icinga2.pid modification before a root script...

Getting Back on the Field

Growing up as a foreign service brat, I was obsessed with security. Living in Guatemala in the 80s you had to adapt and become resilient as child. As there was no TV in our household, 10-year-old Tom began to tinker with my father’s computer and soon it became my oasis from the stress of living i...

Excalibur - An Eternalblue exploit payload based Powershell

Excalibur is an Eternalblue exploit based "Powershell" for the Bashbunny project. It's purpose is to reflect on how a "simple" USB drive can execute the 7 cyber kill chain. Excalibur may be used only for demostrations purposes only, and the developers are not responsible to any misuse or illeagal...

How Next-Generation Firewall Platforms Help Protect Your Perimeter at Each Stage of the Cyber Kill Chain*

Whether you need to upgrade your firewalls on-premise or in the cloud, next-generation firewalls NGFWs can significantly reduce the risks associated with the modern threat landscape. Since attacks have evolved using techniques such as encryption, polymorphism, etc., firewalls have also evolved to...

Mitigating and eliminating info-stealing Qakbot and Emotet in corporate networks

The threat to sensitive financial information is greater than ever. Data breaches, phishing attacks, and other forms of information theft are all too common in today’s threat landscape. Point-of-sale systems and ATMs have been targeted by hackers. Information-stealing trojans pose a risk to data...

Halloween Special: Inside a Hacker’s Mind During the Cyber “Kill Chain”

Editor's Note: This blog was originally produced by former Carbon Black Chief Security Strategist and Co-founder, Ben Johnson. In the spirit of Halloween, I’ve decided to demonstrate how a hacker might go after your company, via the full “kill chain.” Muhahaha! Ok, it may not be that scary or as...

UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14681

The daemon in P3Scan 3.0rc1 and earlier creates a p3scan.pid file after dropping privileges to a non-root account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging access to this non-root account for p3scan.pid modification before a root script executes a "kill cat...

CVE-2017-14681

The daemon in P3Scan 3.0rc1 and earlier creates a p3scan.pid file after dropping privileges to a non-root account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging access to this non-root account for p3scan.pid modification before a root script executes a "kill cat...

CVE-2017-14609

The server daemons in Kannel 1.5.0 and earlier create a PID file after dropping privileges to a non-root account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging access to this non-root account for PID file modification before a root script executes a "kill cat /pathname"...

CVE-2017-14610

bareos-dir, bareos-fd, and bareos-sd in bareos-core in Bareos 16.2.6 and earlier create a PID file after dropping privileges to a non-root account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging access to this non-root account for PID file modification before a root scrip...

UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14610

bareos-dir, bareos-fd, and bareos-sd in bareos-core in Bareos 16.2.6 and earlier create a PID file after dropping privileges to a non-root account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging access to this non-root account for PID file modification before a root scrip...

CVE-2017-14610

bareos-dir, bareos-fd, and bareos-sd in bareos-core in Bareos 16.2.6 and earlier create a PID file after dropping privileges to a non-root account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging access to this non-root account for PID file modification before a root scrip...

CVE-2017-14610

CVE-2017-14610 affects Bareos 16.2.6 and earlier, where bareos-dir, bareos-fd, and bareos-sd in Bareos-core drop privileges to a non-root account and then create a PID file. This behavior can let a local attacker with access to the non-root account modify the PID file before a root script issues ...

CVE-2017-14609

The server daemons in Kannel 1.5.0 and earlier create a PID file after dropping privileges to a non-root account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging access to this non-root account for PID file modification before a root script executes a "kill cat /pathname"...

CVE-2017-14610

bareos-dir, bareos-fd, and bareos-sd in bareos-core in Bareos 16.2.6 and earlier create a PID file after dropping privileges to a non-root account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging access to this non-root account for PID file modification before a root scrip...

CVE-2017-14610

Removed by vendor...

CVE-2017-14483

flower.initd in the Gentoo dev-python/flower package before 0.9.1-r1 for Celery Flower sets PID file ownership to a non-root account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging access to this non-root account for PID file modification before a root script executes a...

CVE-2017-14483

flower.initd in the Gentoo dev-python/flower package before 0.9.1-r1 for Celery Flower sets PID file ownership to a non-root account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging access to this non-root account for PID file modification before a root script executes a...

CVE-2017-7560

It was found that rhnsd PID files are created as world-writable that allows local attackers to fill the disks or to kill selected processes...

CVE-2017-7560

It was found that rhnsd PID files are created as world-writable that allows local attackers to fill the disks or to kill selected processes...