Ryan Naraine on Exploit Mitigations and the MS12-020 RDP Bug

Dennis Fisher talks with Ryan Naraine about whether exploit mitigations such as ASLR and DEP really make any difference in preventing browser attacks and the seriousness of the MS12-020 RDP vulnerability that was patched during March’s Patch Tuesday release. Podcast audio courtesy of sykboy65...

Raising the Bar on Browser Attacks

VANCOUVER–If there’s one thing that emerged from all of the craziness that was CanSecWest, Pwn2Own and Pwnium, it’s that life is becoming more difficult for researchers and attackers looking to exploit modern browsers. It’s not impossible, of course, but it’s certainly not the warm-up exercise th...

IBM Personal Communications I-Series Access Workstation 5.9 - Profile (Metasploit)

This file is part of the Metasploit Framework and may be subject to redistribution and commercial restrictions. Please see the Metasploit Framework web site for more information on licensing and terms of use. http://metasploit.com/framework/ require 'msf/core' class Metasploit3 'IBM Personal...

Offensive Research Continuing to Advance

MIAMI BEACH–It’s the accepted wisdom these days that many of the traditional security defenses organizations depend on just aren’t effective at deterring attackers. But this glosses over the fact that the last few years have included some major advances in defensive technologies, including the...

PT-2012-2257 · Gnome +1 · Glib +1

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: GLib versions 2.31.8 and earlier Description: The issue allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service CPU consumption via crafted input to an application that maintains a hash table, because the g str hash function computes...

Microsoft Aims to Make Life Harder, More Expensive For Attackers

MIAMI BEACH–It’s been a decade now since Microsoft began focusing on product security as a top priority and there have been a lot of successes and some failures along the way. But in that time, one of the things that most definitely has changed as a result of the Trustworthy Computing program is...

Multiple Vulnerabilities Haunt Long List of PLC Modules

A long list of industrial-control modules manufactured by Schneider Electric and used to control operations at various industrial facilities contain multiple weaknesses and vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to modify the firmware, login remotely and run arbitrary code on the vulnerable...

Adobe Acrobat and Reader U3D memory corruption vulnerability

Overview Adobe Reader and Acrobat fail to properly handle U3D data, which could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Adobe Reader supports two primary formats for 3D content in PDF documents: U3D and PRC. U3D support is accomplishe...

Cisco IOS Software Session Initiation Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerabilities (cisco-sa-20110928-sip)

Multiple vulnerabilities exist in the Session Initiation Protocol SIP implementation in Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a reload of an affected device or trigger memory leaks that may result in system instabilities. Affect...

Cisco IOS Software Session Initiation Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

Multiple vulnerabilities exist in the Session Initiation Protocol SIP implementation in Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a reload of an affected device or trigger memory leaks that may result in system instabilities. Affect...

Apache HTTPd Range Header Denial of Service Vulnerability

The Apache HTTPd server contains a denial of service vulnerability when it handles multiple, overlapping ranges. Multiple Cisco products may be affected by this vulnerability. Mitigations that can be deployed on Cisco devices within the network are available in the Cisco Applied Intelligence...

Android Malware Increasing, AutoRun Attacks Still Prevalent

The recent trend of attackers focusing their attention on mobile platforms such as Android, Symbian and iOs is continuing to accelerate, researchers say, and the threats to smartphones are becoming more and more sophisticated and dangerous. Android is becoming the focus of much of the attention...

Microsoft Releases Version 2.1 of EMET Mitigation Toolkit

Microsoft has released a new version of its Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit, a free download that gives IT staffs the ability to better defend against exploit attempts. The EMET now includes support, as well. EMET is a toolkit that essentially is designed to add exploit mitigation...

eyeos 1.9.0.2 - Persistent Cross-Site Scripting Using Image Files

eyeos 1.9.0.2 - Persistent Cross-Site Scripting Using Image Files Title: eyeOS alert"XSS done"; - Risks and consequences: Malicious users can inject code inside image files malware, browser exploits, etc... to attack other users and compromise the whole system via shared files or internal message...

FreeBSD : linux-flashplugin -- remote code execution vulnerability (32b05547-6913-11e0-bdc4-001b2134ef46)

Adobe Product Security Incident Response Team reports : A critical vulnerability exists in Flash Player 10.2.153.1 and earlier versions Adobe Flash Player 10.2.154.25 and earlier for Chrome users for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Solaris, Adobe Flash Player 10.2.156.12 and earlier versions for...

ZDI-11-094: (0 day) Hewlett-Packard StorageWorks File Migration Agent Remote Archive Tampering Vulnerability

ZDI-11-094: 0 day Hewlett-Packard StorageWorks File Migration Agent Remote Archive Tampering Vulnerability http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-094 February 28, 2011 -- CVSS: 7.5, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P -- Affected Vendors: Hewlett-Packard -- Affected Products: Hewlett-Packard...

ZDI-11-092: (0day) Cisco Secure Desktop CSDWebInstaller ActiveX Control Cleaner.cab Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-11-092: 0day Cisco Secure Desktop CSDWebInstaller ActiveX Control Cleaner.cab Remote Code Execution Vulnerability http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-092 February 23, 2011 -- CVE ID: CVE-2011-0925 -- CVSS: 8.3, AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C -- Affected Vendors: Cisco -- Affected...

Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 use-after-free Vulnerability

US-CERT is aware of a vulnerability affecting Microsoft Internet Explorer 8. This vulnerability is due to improper handling of circular memory references. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the user or cause a denial-of-service...

Google Adds Flash Sandbox to Chrome Browser

Two weeks after releasing Reader X with its new sandbox security mechanism, Adobe has teamed up with Google to enable a sandboxed version of its Flash software to run in Google Chrome. The two companies said on Wednesday that Google has released a version of Chrome to its developer channel that...

Adobe Releases Security Updates for Reader and Acrobat

Adobe has released security updates for Reader and Acrobat for Windows and Macintosh. These updates address multiple vulnerabilities including those described in security advisory APSA10-05, a recent Adobe PSIRT blog entry, and security bulletin APSB10-26. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities ma...