Protecting Critical Infrastructure: Input Data

Kaspersky Lab is always working to develop new technologies for protecting critical computer systems from cybercriminals. In July, I had the opportunity to represent Kaspersky at a symposium sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST, focused on the national Cybersecurit...

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Twilight CMS

Advisory ID: HTB23166 Product: Twilight CMS Vendor: Strata Technologies LLC Vulnerable Versions: 5.17 and probably prior Tested Version: 5.17 Vendor Notification: July 24, 2013 Vendor Patch: August 15, 2013 Public Disclosure: August 21, 2013 Vulnerability Type: Cross-Site Scripting CWE-79 CVE...

Obad Trojan First to Spread Via Mobile Botnet

The keepers of the mobile Obad Trojan realize the window of opportunity they have to spread the malware on Android devices may be closing since the vulnerability the Trojan exploits has been patched in Android 4.3. That could explain why Kaspersky Lab researchers have spotted a recent spike in...

FuzeZip 1.0 SEH Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

FuzeZip version 1.0.0.131625 suffers from a SEH based overflow and stack based overflow which is protected by stack cookies. Title: SEH BUFFER OVERFLOW IN FUZEZIP V.1.0 Severity: High History: 16.Apr.2013 Vulnerability reported Authors: Josep Pi Rodriguez, Pedro Guillen Nuñez , Miguel Angel de...

[slackware-security] gnutls

New gnutls packages are available for Slackware 14.0, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/gnutls-3.0.26-i486-1slack14.0.txz: Upgraded. This update prevents a side-channel attack which may allow remote attackers to conduct...

Department Of Transport UK SQL Injection

Title: ====== Department of Transport UK - SQL Injection Vulnerability Date: ===== 2013-08-29 References: =========== http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/getcontent.php?id=732 VL-ID: ===== 732 Common Vulnerability Scoring System: ==================================== 8.6 Introduction: ============= O...

Ovidentia 7.9.4 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities

Summary Ovidentia is both a content management system CMS and a collaborative environment Groupware. Description Input passed via several parameters is not properly sanitized before being returned to the user or used in SQL queries. This can be exploited to manipulate SQL queries by injecting...

DeWeS 0.4.2 - Directory Traversal

Advisory ID: HTB23167 Product: DeWeS web server Twilight CMS Vendor: Strata Technologies LLC Vulnerable Versions: 0.4.2 and probably prior Tested Version: 0.4.2 Vendor Notification: July 24, 2013 Public Disclosure: August 21, 2013 Vulnerability Type: Path Traversal CWE-22 CVE Reference:...

DeWeS 0.4.2 Path Traversal

Advisory ID: HTB23167 Product: DeWeS web server Twilight CMS Vendor: Strata Technologies LLC Vulnerable Versions: 0.4.2 and probably prior Tested Version: 0.4.2 Vendor Notification: July 24, 2013 Public Disclosure: August 21, 2013 Vulnerability Type: Path Traversal CWE-22 CVE Reference:...

Android Malware uses Google Cloud Messaging Service; infected over 5 Million Devices

The Kaspersky Lab researchers recently have discovered a number of Android malware apps are abusing the Google Cloud Messaging Service GCM as Command and Control server. The GCM service allows Android app developers to send messages using JSON Format for installed apps, but hackers exploited it f...

Android Malware uses Google Cloud Messaging Service; infected over 5 Million Devices

The Kaspersky Lab researchers recently have discovered a number of Android malware apps are abusing the Google Cloud Messaging Service GCM as Command and Control server. The GCM service allows Android app developers to send messages using JSON Format for installed apps, but hackers exploited it f...

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...

Gnew v2013.1 Multiple XSS And SQL Injection Vulnerabilities

Summary Gnew is a simple Content Management System written with PHP language and using a database server MySQL, PostgreSQL or SQLite for storage. Description Input passed via several parameters is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user or used in SQL queries. This can be exploit...

[slackware-security] mozilla-firefox

New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 13.37, 14.0, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-17.0.8esr-i486-1slack14.0.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For...

MyBB 1.6.10 'url' Parameter Arbitrary Site Redirection Vulnerability

Summary MyBB, also known as MyBBoard or MyBulletinBoard, is a powerful, efficient, and free forum package, developed using PHP and MySQL. Description Input passed via the 'url' parameter in 'member.php' script is not properly verified before being used to redirect users. This can be exploited to...

Atlassian JIRA v6.0.3 Arbitrary HTML/Script Execution Vulnerability

Summary JIRA is an issue tracking project management software for teams planning, building, and launching great products. Description JIRA suffers from a reflected XSS issue due to a failure to properly sanitize user-supplied input to the 'name' GET parameter in the 'deleteuserconfirm.jsp' script...

PuTTY SSH handshake heap overflow

PuTTY SSH handshake heap overflow CVE-2013-4852 Description: PuTTY versions 0.62 and earlier - as well as all software that integrates these versions of PuTTY - are vulnerable to an integer overflow leading to heap overflow during the SSH handshake before authentication, caused by improper bounds...

Microsoft Yammer SN - oAuth Bypass Token Vulnerability

Document Title: =============== Microsoft Yammer SN - oAuth Bypass Token Vulnerability References: =========== http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/getcontent.php?id=1043 View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwxWNvmOsU4 Advisory: http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/getcontent.php?id=1003 Microsoft...

Facebook Bug Bounty - Canvas & Web URL Filter Bypass

Document Title: =============== Facebook Bug Bounty - Canvas & Web URL Filter Bypass References: =========== http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/getcontent.php?id=1036 View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw24BsLHYk Release Date: ============= 2013-07-28 Vulnerability Laboratory ID VL-ID:...

Windu CMS 2.2 Multiple Persistent Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Summary Windu CMS is a simple, lightweight and fun-to-use website content management software. Description Multiple stored XSS vulnerabilities exist when parsing user input to the 'name' and 'username' POST parameters. Attackers can exploit these weaknesses to execute arbitrary HTML and script co...