A week in security (October 2 - October 8)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Multi-factor authentication has proven it works, so what are we waiting for? Amazon Prime email scammer snatches defeat from the jaws of victory 2023 MITRE ATT&CK® Evaluation results: Malwarebytes earns high marks for detection, blocks initial malware executions...

Huawei HarmonyOS Security Vulnerability

Huawei HarmonyOS is an operating system from Huawei China. It provides a full-scenario distributed operating system based on a microkernel. A security vulnerability exists in Huawei HarmonyOS, which stems from an interface privilege management vulnerability in the Multi-Screen Collaboration...

multi-flex.ru Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-3732309

Following the coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; b. notified the website operator about its existence. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...

[SECURITY] Fedora 38 Update: vim-9.0.1984-1.fc38

VIM VIsual editor iMproved is an updated and improved version of the vi editor. Vi was the first real screen-based editor for UNIX, and is still very popular. VIM improves on vi by adding new features: multiple windows, multi-level undo, block highlighting and more...

Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Authorization Bypass Vulnerability

Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager is an SD-WAN network management program from Cisco USA. A security vulnerability exists in the session management system of the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager multi-tenant feature, which can be exploited by a remote attacker to submit a special request for unauthorize...

Xxe

Gradle is a build tool with a focus on build automation and support for multi-language development. In some cases, when Gradle parses XML files, resolving XML external entities is not disabled. Combined with an Out Of Band XXE attack OOB-XXE, just parsing XML can lead to exfiltration of local tex...

CVE-2023-42445

CVE-2023-42445 affects Gradle: XML External Entity (XXE) resolution was not disabled in some parsing paths, enabling potential exfiltration of local text files via XML parsing with an OOB-XXE scenario. Documents confirm Gradle now disables XML external entities for all use cases in Gradle 7.6.3 a...

CVE-2023-42445 Possible local file exfiltration by XML External entity injection

Gradle is a build tool with a focus on build automation and support for multi-language development. In some cases, when Gradle parses XML files, resolving XML external entities is not disabled. Combined with an Out Of Band XXE attack OOB-XXE, just parsing XML can lead to exfiltration of local tex...

GitHub's Secret Scanning Feature Now Covers AWS, Microsoft, Google, and Slack

GitHub has announced an improvement to its secret scanning feature that extends validity checks to popular services such as Amazon Web Services AWS, Microsoft, Google, and Slack. Validity checks, introduced by the Microsoft subsidiary earlier this year, alert users whether exposed tokens found by...

CVE-2023-44387

Gradle is a build tool with a focus on build automation and support for multi-language development. When copying or archiving symlinked files, Gradle resolves them but applies the permissions of the symlink itself instead of the permissions of the linked file to the resulting file. This leads to...

CVE-2023-44387

Gradle is a build tool with a focus on build automation and support for multi-language development. When copying or archiving symlinked files, Gradle resolves them but applies the permissions of the symlink itself instead of the permissions of the linked file to the resulting file. This leads to...

Analysis and Config Extraction of Lu0Bot, a Node.js Malware with Considerable Capabilities

Nowadays, more malware developers are using unconventional programming languages to bypass advanced detection systems. The Node.js malware Lu0Bot is a testament to this trend. By targeting a platform-agnostic runtime environment common in modern web apps and employing multi-layer obfuscation,...

EvilProxy Phishing Attack Targets Indeed Job Platform

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A new phishing campaign has emerged, specifically targeting high-profile US executives. This campaign takes advantage of open redirects from the jobs platform Indeed and employs EvilProxy to pilfer sessi...

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software Remote Access VPN Unauthorized Access - Brute Force Attack (cisco-sa-asaftd-ravpn-auth-8LyfCkeC)

A vulnerability in the remote access VPN feature of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance ASA Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a brute force attack in an attempt to identify valid username and password combinations. This vulnerability is due to improper separation o...

CLSA-2023-1696351801 Fix CVE(s): CVE-2022-48571

SECURITY UPDATE: denial of service - debian/patches/CVE-2022-48571.patch: fix the crash when receiving multi-packet uploads in UDP - CVE-2022-48571...

[SECURITY] Fedora 38 Update: firecracker-1.4.1-3.fc38

Firecracker is an open source virtualization technology that is purpose-built for creating and managing secure, multi-tenant container and function-based services that provide serverless operational models. Firecracker runs workloads in lightweight virtual machines, called microVMs, which combine...

[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: firecracker-1.4.1-3.fc37

Firecracker is an open source virtualization technology that is purpose-built for creating and managing secure, multi-tenant container and function-based services that provide serverless operational models. Firecracker runs workloads in lightweight virtual machines, called microVMs, which combine...

[SECURITY] Fedora 39 Update: firecracker-1.4.1-3.fc39

Firecracker is an open source virtualization technology that is purpose-built for creating and managing secure, multi-tenant container and function-based services that provide serverless operational models. Firecracker runs workloads in lightweight virtual machines, called microVMs, which combine...

PT-2023-5677

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android affected versions not specified Description A flaw exists in the Android operating system's Bluetooth stack, specifically within the build read multi rsp function of gatt sr.cc. This issue is due to insufficient input validation, leadi...

ASB-A-278246904

In updateActionViews of PipMenuView.java, there is a possible bypass of a multi user security boundary due to a confused deputy. This could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation...