polkit: unix-process subject for authorization is racy

Race condition in PolicyKit aka polkit allows local users to bypass intended PolicyKit restrictions and gain privileges by starting a setuid or pkexec process before the authorization check is performed, related to 1 the polkitunixprocessnew API function, 2 the dbus API, or 3 the --process...

Shylock/Caphaw Banking Malware Infections on the Rise

Two dozen major U.S. and European banks are in the crosshairs of the Shylock, or Caphaw, financial malware of late, and victims who trade with one of the 24 financial institutions are at risk of giving up their credentials and losing assets in their accounts. Malware researchers have noticed a ri...

flash-plugin: multiple code execution flaws (APSB13-21)

Adobe Flash Player before 11.7.700.242 and 11.8.x before 11.8.800.168 on Windows and Mac OS X, before 11.2.202.310 on Linux, before 11.1.111.73 on Android 2.x and 3.x, and before 11.1.115.81 on Android 4.x; Adobe AIR before 3.8.0.1430; and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 3.8.0.1430 allow attacker...

Email Spam Claims US Attacks Syria and Leads to Malware

A new phishing campaign is disseminating malicious links with emails purporting to come from CNN saying that the United States has initiated military strikes against the embattled regime of Syrian President Bashar al Assad. One such email, obtained by Kaspersky Lab and posted on Securelist, comes...

Malvertising Campaign Redirects to Blackhole Exploit Kit

Online ad networks have proven efficient tools in spreading malware to a large number of sites simultaneously. Attackers who manage to spike an ad distribution service can potentially have millions of eyeballs on a malicious ad for a fraction of the cost it would take to buy or build spam lists,...

Many Flash, Java Users Running Older, Vulnerable Versions

It’s long been known that Java and Flash are favored targets of attackers, thanks to their huge install bases and numerous security issues. And the users who are targeted by these attacks aren’t doing themselves any favors either, as new research shows that 19 percent of business users are runnin...

Warning : Java 6 vulnerable to zero-day exploit; added to Neutrino exploit kit

Hackers are using a new exploit for a bug in the out-of-date but popular Java 6 platform to attack victims, and has been added to a commercially available Neutrino exploit kit. The use of Java 6 still is prevalent, opening up a significant number of users to the threat. F-secure analyst Timo...

Another Java 6 Vulnerability Found in the Wild

Unless you have an Oracle product that requires Java 6 or are paying for support for that version of the platform, you’d seen the last publicly available updates as of February. That doesn’t mean attackers have pushed back from targeting Java 6, and that certainly doesn’t mean that organizations...

Counter.php Redirecting to Sites Peddling Styx Exploit Kit

The Counter.php strain of malware has been spotted in the past redirecting users to a handful of malicious sites and now appears to be leveraging that ability to send victims to websites serving up the Styx exploit kit. According to a post on Securelist today, Vincente Diaz, a researcher with...

New Botnet Campaign 'Fort Disco' Brute-Forcing Thousands of WordPress, Joomla Websites

Password theft has been a growing problem within the security community. Researchers at Arbor Networks have uncovered a botnet called Fort Disco that was used to compromise more than 6000 websites based on popular CMSs such as WordPress, Joomla and Datalife Engine. The Fort Disco botnet is...

New Botnet Campaign 'Fort Disco' Brute-Forcing Thousands of WordPress, Joomla Websites

Password theft has been a growing problem within the security community. Researchers at Arbor Networks have uncovered a botnet called Fort Disco that was used to compromise more than 6000 websites based on popular CMSs such as WordPress, Joomla and Datalife Engine. The Fort Disco botnet is...

Royal Baby Spam Campaign Leads to Black Hole-Infected Site

Everyone loves babies, especially magical royal ones who are destined to pull a sword from a stone. As it turns out, the baby admiring demographic also includes spammers, who are using the current frenzy over the birth of Prince William and Duchess Kate’s baby boy to direct victims to a site...

CVE-2013-2165

ResourceBuilderImpl.java in the RichFaces 3.x through 5.x implementation in Red Hat JBoss Web Framework Kit before 2.3.0, Red Hat JBoss Web Platform through 5.2.0, Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform through 4.3.0 CP10 and 5.x through 5.2.0, Red Hat JBoss BRMS through 5.3.1, Red Hat JBo...

CVE-2013-2165

ResourceBuilderImpl.java in the RichFaces 3.x through 5.x implementation in Red Hat JBoss Web Framework Kit before 2.3.0, Red Hat JBoss Web Platform through 5.2.0, Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform through 4.3.0 CP10 and 5.x through 5.2.0, Red Hat JBoss BRMS through 5.3.1, Red Hat JBo...

CVE-2013-2165

ResourceBuilderImpl.java in the RichFaces 3.x through 5.x implementation in Red Hat JBoss Web Framework Kit before 2.3.0, Red Hat JBoss Web Platform through 5.2.0, Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform through 4.3.0 CP10 and 5.x through 5.2.0, Red Hat JBoss BRMS through 5.3.1, Red Hat JBo...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: java-1.5.0-ibm security update

Updated java-1.5.0-ibm packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 Supplementary. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give...

JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 7u25 (Deployment)

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment JRE component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 21 and earlier and 6 Update 45 and earlier allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Deployment, a different vulnerability than...

Oracle Linux 6 : java-1.7.0-openjdk (ELSA-2013-0751)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2013-0751 advisory. 1.7.0.19-2.3.9.1.0.1.el64 - Update DISTRONAME in specfile 1.7.0.19-2.3.9.1.el6 - updated to updated IcedTea 2.3.9 with fix to one of security fixes -...

Oracle Linux 6 : java-1.6.0-openjdk (ELSA-2012-0729)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2012-0729 advisory. 1:1.6.0.0-1.48.1.11.3 - Access gnome bridge jar is forced to have 644 permissions - Resolves: rhbz828751 1:1.6.0.0-1.47.1.11.3 - Modified patch3,...

Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : java-1.7.0-openjdk (ELSA-2013-0275)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2013-0275 advisory. 1.7.0.9-2.3.7.1.0.2.el63 - Increase release number and rebuild. 1.7.0.9-2.3.7.1.0.1.el63 - Update DISTRONAME in specfile 1.7.0.9-2.3.7.1.el63 -...