Ransomware Targets Outdated VMware ESXi Hypervisors: Protect Your Systems Now!

Updated on February 8, 2023 at 2:40 PM Pacific Standard Time: This article has been updated with EVALUATE Vendor-Suggested Mitigation with Policy Compliance PC Updated on February 7, 2023 at 9:05 PM Pacific Standard Time: This article has been updated with the latest information on the...

Leeloo Multipath: Authorization bypass and symlink attack in multipathd (CVE-2022-41974 and CVE-2022-41973)

The Qualys Research Team has discovered two vulnerabilities in multipathd, the most important of which can be exploited for authorization bypass. Qualys recommends security teams apply patches for these vulnerabilities as soon as possible. The Qualys Research Team combined these two vulnerabiliti...

Creating Awareness of External JavaScript Libraries in Web Applications

Qualys Web Application Scanning WAS routinely reviews and solicits customer feedback regarding vulnerabilities. This may be to enhance the detection or the detections reporting. Previously, all JavaScript libraries detected on an application are reported under the Information Gathering QID 150176...

JSON Web Token (JWT) Weaknesses

JSON Web Tokens, or JWTs, are an encoded set of claims commonly seen in REST APIs and Single page web applications SPAs. These encoded claims are used to provide identification of the requester and other information related to accessing. It is a stateless mechanism, and the token is sent with eve...

CVE-2022-35422

Web Based Quiz System v1.0 was discovered to contain a SQL injection vulnerability via the qid parameter at update.php...

CVE-2022-35422

Web Based Quiz System v1.0 was discovered to contain a SQL injection vulnerability via the qid parameter at update.php...

CVE-2022-35422

Web Based Quiz System v1.0 was discovered to contain a SQL injection vulnerability via the qid parameter at update.php...

PT-2022-22818 · Unknown · Web Based Quiz System

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Web Based Quiz System version 1.0 Description: The issue is related to a SQL injection vulnerability. This vulnerability can be exploited via the qid parameter at the "update.php" endpoint. Recommendations: For Web Based Quiz System version...

Out-of-Band Detection for Log4Shell

Log4j is the de facto logging library for all Java applications, as Log4j is used in most Java-based applications. The challenge is that Java applications that use the log4j-vulnerable library can be coded, packaged, and deployed using different methods – this introduces a challenge for detection...

CVE-2021-44228: Apache Log4j2 Zero-Day Exploited in the Wild (Log4Shell)

Update Take advantage of our free service to quickly detect vulnerabilities in your external attack surface. Visit qualys.com/was-log4shell-help to get started. Update – December 22, 2021 7:53 PM ET A bug in external scanners could result in false negatives when unauthenticated Log4Shell scans we...

Apache HTTP Server Path Traversal & Remote Code Execution (CVE-2021-41773 & CVE-2021-42013)

On October 4, 2021, Apache HTTP Server Project released Security advisory on a Path traversal and File disclosure vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.49 and 2.4.50 tracked as CVE-2021-41773 and CVE-2021-42013. In the advisory, Apache also highlighted “the issue is known to be exploited in the...

Vulnerability On-Demand Search Reporting & Easy Download options

Vulnerability reporting is different from any other aspect of a Vulnerability Management Program. The methodologies of Discover, Assess, Report and Remediate are critical components that should be included in the respective sections of a Vulnerability Report. Qualys VMDR Vulnerability Management...

Microsoft and Adobe Patch Tuesday (August 2021) – Microsoft 51 Vulnerabilities with 7 Critical, Adobe 29 Vulnerabilities

Microsoft Patch Tuesday – August 2021 Microsoft patched 51 vulnerabilities in their August 2021 Patch Tuesday release, and 7 of them are rated as critical severity. Three 0-day vulnerability patches were included in the release. Critical Microsoft Vulnerabilities Patched CVE-2021-36942 - Windows...

April 2021 Patch Tuesday – 108 Vulnerabilities, 19 Critical, Adobe

This month’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday addresses 108 vulnerabilities, of which 19 are rated critical severity and 88 are rated high severity. Adobe released patches for its Photoshop, Digital Editions, and Bridge products. CVE-2021-28310: Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability Microsoft releas...

Adobe Flash Player Reaches End of Life on December 31, 2020

In July 2017, Adobe announced that Adobe Flash Player will reach “End of Life” EOL on Thursday, December 31, 2020. After this date, Adobe Flash Player will no longer be supported or distributed by Adobe. Adobe says that once Flash reaches its EOL date, there will be no further updates or security...

Microsoft Windows TCP/IP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2020-16898) – Automatically Discover, Prioritize and Remediate Using Qualys VMDR®

On October 13, 2020, Microsoft fixed a critical remote code execution vulnerability in the Windows TCP/IP stack for handling ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets. While Microsoft ranks this vulnerability as “Exploitation More Likely,” we may see a proof-of-concept released soon. The security issue...

PAN-OS Critical Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2020-2040) – Automatically Discover, Prioritize and Remediate Using Qualys VMDR®

On Sept 9, 2020, Palo Alto Networks published nine security bulletins addressing vulnerabilities in PAN-OS operating system versions 8.0 or later. One of the nine CVEs released, CVE-2020-2040, received a critical severity rating score of 9.8 based on the CVSS v3 Scoring system. PAN-OS devices are...

Vulnerability Detection Pipeline (Beta)

Update October 22, 2020: The Vulnerability Detection Pipeline beta has been updated to include detections of all severities. It now gives visibility into upcoming and recently published detections with severity 3, 2 and 1 in addition to severity 5 and 4. The pipeline also supports a URL parameter...

Microsoft Netlogon Vulnerability (CVE-2020-1472 – Zerologon) – Automatically Discover, Prioritize and Remediate Using Qualys VMDR®

Update October 1, 2020: Microsoft has added step-by-step Zerologon patching instructions because the original instructions "proved confusing to users and may have caused issues with other business operations." Update October 1, 2020: Qualys released new QID 91680 to add a remote unauthenticated...

Ripple20: Multiple Vulnerabilities Identified in Treck TCP/IP Stack

Multiple vulnerabilities that use a low-level TCP/IP software library developed by Treck, Inc. were identified recently in implementations of the Treck IP stack for embedded systems. These vulnerabilities were discovered by the JSOF research lab and have been named Ripple20. Ripple20...