CVE-2015-1335

lxc-start in lxc before 1.0.8 and 1.1.x before 1.1.4 allows local container administrators to escape AppArmor confinement via a symlink attack on a 1 mount target or 2 bind mount source...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2753-2)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

PHP arbitrary class instantiation in "files_external" - ownCloud

A user may instantiate arbitrary ownCloud classes due to a lack of a proper check of the mount point options provided by a user via the web front end. These may include constructor arguments and could potentially lead to a remote code execution. Affected Software ownCloud Server 8.1.2 CVE-2015-76...

USN-2753-2: LXC regression

USN-2753-1 fixed a vulnerability in LXC. The update caused a regression that prevented some containers from starting. This regression only affected containers that had an absolute path specified as a bind mount target in their configuration file. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for th...

USN-2753-2 lxc regression

USN-2753-1 fixed a vulnerability in LXC. The update caused a regression that prevented some containers from starting. This regression only affected containers that had an absolute path specified as a bind mount target in their configuration file. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for th...

UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1335

lxc-start in lxc before 1.0.8 and 1.1.x before 1.1.4 allows local container administrators to escape AppArmor confinement via a symlink attack on a 1 mount target or 2 bind mount source...

Debian DSA-3364-1 : linux - security update

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation or denial of service. - CVE-2015-8215 It was discovered that NetworkManager would set IPv6 MTUs based on the values received in IPv6 RAs Router Advertisements, without sufficiently validating...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 3364-1 (linux - security update)

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation or denial of service. CVE-2015-0272 It was discovered that NetworkManager would set IPv6 MTUs based on the values received in IPv6 RAs Router Advertisements, without sufficiently validating...

DSA-3364-1 linux - security update

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Symbolic Link vulnerability simple background introduction-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

! Symbolic Link is the Microsoft Windows System on one of the key mechanisms, from Windows NT3. 1 Introduction objects, and registry Symbolic Link, Microsoft from the Windows 2000 start also introduced the NTFS Mount Point and Directory Juntions, these mechanisms for familiar with the Windows...

Windows10 Mount Point Mitigation & MS15-0 9 0 bypass-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

Symbolic Link vulnerability simple background description Symbolic Link is the Microsoft Windows System on one of the key mechanisms, from Windows NT3. 1 Introduction objects, and registry Symbolic Link, Microsoft from the Windows 2000 start also introduced the NTFS Mount Point and Directory...

Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2015-522)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Windows 10^H^H Symbolic Link Mitigations

Posted by James Forshaw, abusing symbolic links like it’s 1999. For the past couple of years I’ve been researching Windows elevation of privilege attacks. This might be escaping sandboxing or gaining system privileges. One of the techniques I’ve used multiple times is abusing the symbolic link...

mod_jk: information leak due to incorrect JkMount/JkUnmount directives processing

It was discovered that a JkUnmount rule for a subtree of a previous JkMount rule could be ignored. This could allow a remote attacker to potentially access a private artifact in a tree that would otherwise not be accessible to them...

Privilege escalation

Mount Manager in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT Gold and 8.1, and Windows 10 mishandles symlinks, which allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary code by connectin...

CVE-2015-1769

CVE-2015-1769 is a Windows privilege-escalation issue in the Mount Manager where symbolic link handling can be abused by inserting a malicious USB device. The vulnerability affects multiple Windows client/server releases (Vista SP2, 2008 SP2/R2, 7 SP1, 8/8.1, 2012/2012 R2, RT/RT 8.1, 10) and is c...

CVE-2015-1769

Mount Manager in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT Gold and 8.1, and Windows 10 mishandles symlinks, which allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary code by connectin...

Microsoft Windows Mount Manager Local Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems released by Microsoft Corporation in the U.S. Mount Manager is one of the mounter components. A local elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows Mount Manager, which can be exploited by an attacker to write a malicious binar...

Microsoft Patches USB-Related Flaw Used in Targeted Attacks

It used to be that dropping a USB stick in a parking lot in the hope that someone plugs the malicious peripheral into an important computer was the realm of penetration testers and ambitious nation-state actors. That’s just not so anymore. The practice has gone mainstream, even infiltrating popul...

Defending against CVE-2015-1769: a logical issue exploited via a malicious USB stick

Introduction Today Microsoft released update MS15-085 to address CVE-2015-1769, an important severity security issue in Mount Manager. It affects both client and server versions, from Windows Vista to Windows 10. The goal of this blog post is to provide information on the detection guidance to he...