Microsoft Windows CVE-2017-8622 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Description Microsoft Windows is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability. A local attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. Technologies Affected Microsoft Windows 10 version 1703 for x64-based Systems Recommendations Permit local access for...

KLA11087 Multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Microsoft Windows. Malicious users can exploit these vulnerabilities to gain privileges, execute arbitrary code, cause denial of service, obtain sensitive information. Below is a complete list of vulnerabilities: 1. An elevation of privilege vulnerability in...

Microsoft Windows PDF Library JPEG2000 Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Write Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Microsoft Windows PDF Library. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within th...

Microsoft Windows 8.1 (x64) - RGNOBJ Integer Overflow (MS16-098) (2)

Sources: - https://github.com/sensepost/gdi-palettes-exp - https://sensepost.com/blog/2017/abusing-gdi-objects-for-ring0-primitives-revolution/ Windows 7 SP1 x86 exploit presented at DEF CON 25 involving the abuse of a newly discovered GDI object abuse technique. DC25 5A1F - Demystifying Windows...

[SECURITY] Fedora 25 Update: freerdp-2.0.0-31.20170724gitf8c9f43.fc25

The xfreerdp Remote Desktop Protocol RDP client from the FreeRDP project. xfreerdp can connect to RDP servers such as Microsoft Windows machines, xrd p and VirtualBox...

Microsoft Windows - .LNK Shortcut File Code Execution

Microsoft Windows - .LNK Shortcut File Code Execution !/usr/bin/python -- coding: utf-8 -- Title : CVE-2017-8464 | LNK Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVE : 2017-8464 Authors : ykoster, nixawk Notice : Only for educational purposes. Support : python2 import struct def generateSHELLLINKHEADER:...

Microsoft Windows - '.LNK' Shortcut File Code Execution

!/usr/bin/python -- coding: utf-8 -- Title : CVE-2017-8464 | LNK Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVE : 2017-8464 Authors : ykoster, nixawk Notice : Only for educational purposes. Support : python2 import struct def generateSHELLLINKHEADER: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |...

Microsoft Windows automatically executes code specified in shortcut files

Overview Microsoft Windows automatically executes code specified in shortcut LNK files. Description Microsoft Windows supports the use of shortcut or LNK files. A LNK file is a reference to a local file. Clicking on a LNK or file has essentially the same outcome as clicking on the file that is...

Microsoft Windows JavaScript super Keyword Uninitialized Memory Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Microsoft Windows. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the handling o...

(Pwn2Own) Microsoft Windows Palette Object Use-After-Free Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on vulnerable installations of Microsoft Windows. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of...

Microsoft Windows SMB SMBLoris Denial of Service

A memory saturation vulnerability has been reported in Windows NetBIOS Session Service protocol. A remote authenticated or guest attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending specially crafted requests to the target server. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability results in a denial ...

Design/Logic Flaw

A vulnerability in Cisco WebEx browser extensions for Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the affected browser on an affected system. This vulnerability affects the browser extensions for Cisco WebEx...

CVE-2017-6753

Cisco WebEx browser extensions for Chrome/Firefox (pre-1.0.12) are vulnerable to remote code execution due to a design flaw in the atgpcext library, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to run arbitrary code with the privileges of the affected browser when a user visits a crafted page. Affected p...

How to place Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows backup chain on Veeam backup repository, so backup job continues chain

Purpose This article documents placing a backup chain created by Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows in a Veeam Backup & Replication repository so that when the Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows backup job targets that repository it will continue the existing backup chain. Use Case By default, when...

Hardcoded credentials

Hard-coded credentials in AmosConnect 8 allow remote attackers to gain full administrative privileges, including the ability to execute commands on the Microsoft Windows host platform with SYSTEM privileges by abusing AmosConnect Task Manager...

CVE-2017-3222

CVE-2017-3222 relates to AmosConnect 8, where hard-coded credentials allow remote attackers to gain full administrative privileges and execute commands with SYSTEM privileges on the Windows host via AmosConnect Task Manager. The surrounding docs note an accompanying backdoor account and that Amos...

Microsoft Windows System Information Console XXE Injection Information Disclosure (CVE-2017-8557)

An XML external entity XXE injection vulnerability exist in the System Information Console component of Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability is due to a failure to properly handle external entity references in XML files. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by enticing a target user...

Microsoft Windows Kernel - IOCTL 0x120007 NsiGetParameter nsiproxynetio Pool Memory Disclosure

Microsoft Windows Kernel - IOCTL 0x120007 NsiGetParameter nsiproxynetio Pool Memory Disclosure / We have discovered that the handler of the 0x120007 IOCTL in nsiproxy.sys \.\Nsi device discloses portions of uninitialized pool memory to user-mode clients, likely due to output structure alignment...

Microsoft Windows Kernel - 'IOCTL 0x120007 NsiGetParameter' nsiproxy/netio Pool Memory Disclosure

/ We have discovered that the handler of the 0x120007 IOCTL in nsiproxy.sys \.\Nsi device discloses portions of uninitialized pool memory to user-mode clients, likely due to output structure alignment holes. On our test Windows 7 32-bit workstation, an example layout of the output buffer is as...

Cisco WebEx Browser Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

A vulnerability in Cisco WebEx browser extensions for Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the affected browser on an affected system. This vulnerability affects the browser extensions for Cisco WebEx...