libsoup -- unintentionally allow access to entire local filesystem

Dan Winship reports: Fixed a security hole that caused some SoupServer users to unintentionally allow accessing the entire local filesystem when they thought they were only providing access to a single directory...

Scriptable plugin execution in SeaMonkey mail — Mozilla

Security researcher Georgi Guninski reported that scriptable plugin content, such as Flash objects, could be loaded and executed in SeaMonkey mail messages by embedding the content in an iframe inside the message. If a user were to reply to or forward such a message, malicious JavaScript embedded...

CVE-2009-1296

The eCryptfs support utilities ecryptfs-utils 73-0ubuntu6.1 on Ubuntu 9.04 stores the mount passphrase in installation logs, which might allow local users to obtain access to the filesystem by reading the log files from disk. NOTE: the log files are only readable by root...

Linux kernel local filesystem DoS

The 1 reallookup and 2 lookuphash functions in fs/namei.c in the vfs implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25.15 do not prevent creation of a child dentry for a deleted aka SDEAD directory, which allows local users to cause a denial of service "overflow" of the UBIFS orphan area via a...

Linux kernel local filesystem DoS

The 1 reallookup and 2 lookuphash functions in fs/namei.c in the vfs implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25.15 do not prevent creation of a child dentry for a deleted aka SDEAD directory, which allows local users to cause a denial of service "overflow" of the UBIFS orphan area via a...

JRE allows unauthorized file access and connections to localhost

Unspecified vulnerability in Java Runtime Environment JRE with Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 10 and earlier; JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 16 and earlier; SDK and JRE 1.4.218 and earlier; and SDK and JRE 1.3.123 and earlier allows code that is loaded from a local filesystem to read arbitrary files and make...

Linux kernel local filesystem DoS

The 1 reallookup and 2 lookuphash functions in fs/namei.c in the vfs implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25.15 do not prevent creation of a child dentry for a deleted aka SDEAD directory, which allows local users to cause a denial of service "overflow" of the UBIFS orphan area via a...

Sage cross-context scripting -> LOCAL-CONTEXT SCRIPTING

Correct me if I'm wrong but the following description from http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19928/discuss is wrong: "Attacker-supplied HTML and script code would execute in the context of the affected website" Code is NOT executed within the context of the affected site but rather within LOCAL...

Apple Web Kit-based browsers may allow remote access to local filesystem contents

Overview Web browsers based on AppleWebKit may allow remote web sites to reference content on the local filesystem. This may allow an attacker to execute script within the security context of the local machine. Description Web browsers that allow remote web sites to reference content that resides...

GLSA-200406-02 : tripwire: Format string vulnerability

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200406-02 tripwire: Format string vulnerability The code that generates email reports contains a format string vulnerability in pipedmailmessage.cpp. Impact : With a carefully crafted filename on a local filesystem an attacker cou...

Microsoft Internet Explorer XML Object Zone Restriction Bypass Vulnerability

Description Microsoft has announced that a vulnerability exists in Internet Explorer when handling malicious XML objects. The problem is said to occur due to Internet Explorer failing to validate a supplied path when binding local data to the XML document. As a result, a malicious HTML containing...

Opera Web Browser 7 - IFRAME Zone Restriction Bypass

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8887/info A flaw in the Opera web browsers security model has been discovered that could allow an attacker to access a users filesystem within the Local Zone. The problem occurs when handling malformed HTML iframes which point to local system locations...

Adobe Acrobat does not adequately validate Acrobat JavaScript

Overview Adobe Acrobat contains a vulnerability in its JavaScript parsing engine that could allow an attacker to place arbitrary files on the local file system. Description Different versions of Adobe Acrobat software can create, modify, and read Portable Document Format PDF files. Acrobat...

Microsoft Office Web Components allows arbitary user to determine whether local file exists via Chart component "Load" method

Overview Microsoft Office Web Components OWC allows a malicious script on a web page to learn if a file exists on the client's filesystem. Description OWC allows viewing of Microsoft Office documents such as spreadsheets and charts to be viewed within an HTML document in Microsoft Internet Explor...

Avirt Gateway Suite 3.33.3 a3.5 - Directory Creation

Avirt Gateway Suite 3.33.3 a3.5 - Directory Creation source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/764/info The aVirt Mail Server has a weakness in the code that handles the RCPT TO command. By specifying a path in the command instead of an email recipient , an attacker could cause the mail server to...

Avirt Gateway Suite 3.3/3.3 a/3.5 - Directory Creation

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/764/info The aVirt Mail Server has a weakness in the code that handles the RCPT TO command. By specifying a path in the command instead of an email recipient , an attacker could cause the mail server to create a directory in the server's local filesystem...