OS Detection Consolidation and Reporting

This script consolidates the OS information detected by several VTs and tries to find the best matching OS. Furthermore it reports all previously collected information leading to this best matching OS. It also reports possible additional information which might help to improve the OS detection. I...

CVE-2016-1717

The Disk Images component in Apple iOS before 9.2.1, OS X before 10.11.3, and tvOS before 9.1.1 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service memory corruption via unspecified vectors...

Privilege escalation

The sandbox implementation 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 Gold and 1511 mishandles reparse points, which allows local users to gain privileges via a...

CVE-2016-0008

CVE-2016-0008 covers a Windows GDI32.dll ASLR bypass vulnerability. Affected software includes Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2/R2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8/8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold/R2, and Windows RT Gold/8.1, where remote attackers could bypass ASLR via unspecified vectors. The v...

[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: wireshark-1.12.9-1.fc23

Wireshark is a network traffic analyzer for Unix-ish operating systems. This package lays base for libpcap, a packet capture and filtering library, contains command-line utilities, contains plugins and documentation for wireshark. A graphical user interface is packaged separately to GTK+ package...

End of Life Internet Explorer 8, 9, 10 Security Support

Anxiety was high around April 8, 2014 when Microsoft officially closed the door on security support for Windows XP. Many envisioned black hats worldwide stockpiling exploits waiting for the day when XP machines would be left permanently exposed. The anticipated malware apocalypse, however, never...

Ransom32 — First JavaScript-powered Ransomware affecting Windows, Mac and Linux

Here's New Year's first Ransomware: Ransom32. A new Ransomware-as-a-service, dubbed Ransom32, has been spotted that for the first time uses a ransomware written in JavaScript to infect Mac, Windows as well as Linux machines. Ransom32 allows its operators to deploy the malware very quickly and...

UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8636

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.324 and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.267 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.559 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 20.0.0.233, Adobe AIR SDK before 20.0.0.233, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 20.0.0.233 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial o...

Design/Logic Flaw

The kernel in Apple iOS before 9.2, OS X before 10.11.2, tvOS before 9.1, and watchOS before 2.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted app, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-7040, CVE-2015-7041, and CVE-2015-7043...

Critical 'Port Fail' Vulnerability Reveals Real IP Addresses of VPN Users

A newly discovered flaw affecting all VPN protocols and operating systems has the capability to reveal the real IP-addresses of users' computers, including BitTorrent users, with relative ease. The vulnerability, dubbed Port Fail by VPN provider Perfect Privacy PP who discovered the issue, is a...

KLA10835 Vulnerable end-of-life version of Google Chrome

Google decided to stop support of Chrome browser for old operations systems listed above. More detailed information about vulnerabilities in last supported version you can find at KLA10783 and later advisories corresponding to Google Chrome browser. Original advisories Chrome blog entry Related...

[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: libsbw-2.11.1-9.20150414svn579.fc22

The Systems Biology Workbench SBW is a framework for application intercommunications. It uses a broker-based, distributed, message-passing architecture, supports many languages including Java, C++, Perl & Python, and runs under Linux,OSX & Win32. By default, the Broker opens a port for inter-Brok...

Apple iOS/OS X/watchOS memory corruption vulnerability (CNVD-2015-07104)

OS X formerly Mac OS X is the latest version of Apple's proprietary operating system for the Macintosh computer. iOS is an operating system developed by Apple for mobile devices. A security vulnerability exists in Apple iOS prior to 9.1, Apple OS X prior to 10.11.1, and watchOS prior to 2.0.1...

Apple iOS/OS X/watchOS Memory Corruption Vulnerability

OS X formerly Mac OS X is the latest version of Apple's proprietary operating system for the Macintosh computer. iOS is an operating system developed by Apple for mobile devices. Apple iOS versions prior to 9.1, Apple OS X versions prior to 10.11.1, and watchOS versions prior to 2.0.1 IOHIDFamily...

Car Hacking, Mobile Jailbreaking Among DCMA Exemptions Granted

Car hackers and jailbreakers today apparently got a green light from the Librarian of Congress David Mao to tinker away. The Library of Congress’ triennial exemptions to the anti-circumvention rules within the Digital Copyright Millennium Act DCMA were released today, and among the exemptions to...

[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: qemu-2.3.1-7.fc22

QEMU is a generic and open source processor emulator which achieves a good emulation speed by using dynamic translation. QEMU has two operating modes: Full system emulation. In this mode, QEMU emulates a full system for example a PC, including a processor and various peripherials. It can be used ...

EMET: To be, or not to be, A Server-Based Protection Mechanism

Hi Folks – Platforms PFE Dan Cuomo here to discuss a common question seen in the field: “My customer is deploying EMET and would like to know if it is supported on Server Operating Systems.” On the surface there is a simple answer to this question, however with a little poking, a little prodding,...

Microsoft Cryptographic Cipher Suite Prioritization Advisory (3042058)

This host is missing an important security update according to Microsoft advisory 3042058. 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...

UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7633

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.252 and 19.x before 19.0.0.207 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.535 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 19.0.0.213, Adobe AIR SDK before 19.0.0.213, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 19.0.0.213 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service...

Apache James Server 2.3.2 Insecure User Creation Arbitrary File Write

This module exploits a vulnerability that exists due to a lack of input validation when creating a user. Messages for a given user are stored in a directory partially defined by the username. By creating a user with a directory traversal payload as the username, commands can be written to a given...