Detect Apache Tomcat AJP File Inclusion Vulnerability (CVE-2020-1938) using Qualys WAS

As previously reported, a severe vulnerability exists in Apache Tomcat’s Apache JServ Protocol. The Chinese cyber security company Chaitin Tech discovered the vulnerability, named “Ghostcat”, which is tracked using CVE-2020-1938 and rated critical severity with a CVSS v3 score of 9.8. This blog...

Policy Compliance Library Updates, March 2020

Qualys’ library of built-in policies makes it easy to comply with the security standards and regulations that are most commonly used and adhered to. Qualys provides a wide range of policies, including many that have been certified by CIS as well as the ones based on security guidelines from OS an...

OpenSMTPD - OOB Read Local Privilege Escalation (Metasploit)

This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework class MetasploitModule 'OpenSMTPD OOB Read Local Privilege Escalation', 'Description' = %q This module exploits an out-of-bounds read of an attacker-controlled string in...

Identifying Let’s Encrypt Revoked Certificates

Let's Encrypt is a free, automated, open certificate authority CA run for the public's benefit as a service from the Internet Security Research Group ISRG. It provides free digital certificates to enable HTTPS SSL/TLS for websites via user-friendly means. Earlier this week, Let's Encrypt announce...

Qualys Cloud Platform 2.44 New Features

This release of the Qualys Cloud Platform version 2.44 includes updates and new features for Cloud Agent and Web Application Scanning, highlights as follows. Cloud Agent User Interface "License Overview" changing to "Activation Overview" on Dashboard – The references to License have been changed ...

Automatically Discover, Prioritize and Remediate Apache Tomcat AJP File Inclusion Vulnerability (CVE-2020-1938) using Qualys VMDR

A severe vulnerability exists in Apache Tomcat’s Apache JServ Protocol. The Chinese cyber security company Chaitin Tech discovered the vulnerability, which is named "Ghostcat" and is tracked using CVE-2020-1938. The security issue has received a critical severity rating score of 9.8 based on CVSS...

Top 10 Most Innovative Cybersecurity Companies After RSA 2020

The RSA Conference, the world's leading information security conference and exposition, held its 29th annual event in San Francisco last week. According to the organizers, over 36,000 attendees, 704 speakers, and 658 exhibitors gathered at the Moscone Center to discuss privacy, Machine Learning,...

Top 10 Most Innovative Cybersecurity Companies After RSA 2020

The RSA Conference, the world's leading information security conference and exposition, held its 29th annual event in San Francisco last week. According to the organizers, over 36,000 attendees, 704 speakers, and 658 exhibitors gathered at the Moscone Center to discuss privacy, Machine Learning,...

OpenSMTPD 6.6.3p1 - Local Privilege Escalation + Remote Code Execution

OpenSMTPD 6.6.3p1 - Local Privilege Escalation + Remote Code Execution / LPE and RCE in OpenSMTPD's default install CVE-2020-8794 Copyright C 2020 Qualys, Inc. This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by...

OpenSMTPD 6.6.3 - Arbitrary File Read Exploit

Title: OpenSMTPD 6.6.3 - Arbitrary File Read Author: qualys Vendor: https://www.opensmtpd.org/ CVE: 2020-8793 / Local information disclosure in OpenSMTPD CVE-2020-8793 Copyright C 2020 Qualys, Inc. This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU...

OpenSMTPD < 6.6.3p1 - Local Privilege Escalation / Remote Code Execution Exploit

/ LPE and RCE in OpenSMTPD's default install CVE-2020-8794 Copyright C 2020 Qualys, Inc. This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or at...

OpenSMTPD 6.6.3 - Arbitrary File Read

OpenSMTPD 6.6.3 - Arbitrary File Read Title: OpenSMTPD 6.6.3 - Arbitrary File Read Date: 2020-02-20 Author: qualys Vendor: https://www.opensmtpd.org/ CVE: 2020-8793 / Local information disclosure in OpenSMTPD CVE-2020-8793 Copyright C 2020 Qualys, Inc. This program is free software: you can...

OpenSMTPD < 6.6.3p1 - Local Privilege Escalation + Remote Code Execution

/ LPE and RCE in OpenSMTPD's default install CVE-2020-8794 Copyright C 2020 Qualys, Inc. This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or at...

New OpenSMTPD RCE Flaw Affects Linux and OpenBSD Email Servers

OpenSMTPD has been found vulnerable to yet another critical vulnerability that could allow remote attackers to take complete control over email servers running BSD or Linux operating systems. OpenSMTPD, also known as OpenBSD SMTP Server, is an open-source implementation of the Simple Mail Transfe...

OpenSMTPD OOB Read Local Privilege Escalation

This module exploits an out-of-bounds read of an attacker-controlled string in OpenSMTPD's MTA implementation to execute a command as the root or nobody user, depending on the kind of grammar OpenSMTPD uses. Module Options msf use exploit/unix/local/opensmtpd/oobreadlpe msf undefinedoobreadlpe sh...

OpenSMTPd -- LPE and RCE in OpenSMTPD's default install

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Policy Compliance Library Updates, February 2020

Qualys’ library of built-in policies makes it easy to comply with the security standards and regulations that are most commonly used and adhered to. Qualys provides a wide range of policies, including many that have been certified by CIS as well as the ones based on security guidelines from OS an...

Detections Released for ESU Updates on EOL Windows 7, 2008 and 2008 R2

For the February 2020 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released security updates for Windows 7, 2008 and 2008 R2 systems which are already end of life. Qualys released Patch Tuesday detections QIDs which check for these new ESU patches as well. Update: Qualys released IG QID 45424 to identify the presenc...

Microsoft Patch Tuesday, February 2020 Edition

Microsoft today released updates to plug nearly 100 security holes in various versions of its Windows operating system and related software, including a zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer IE that is actively being exploited. Also, Adobe has issued a bevy of security updates for its vario...

OpenSMTPD 6.6.1 Local Privilege Escalation

Exploit Title: OpenSMTPD 6.6.1 - Local Privilege Escalation Date: 2020-02-02 Exploit Author: Marco Ivaldi Vendor Homepage: https://www.opensmtpd.org/ Version: OpenSMTPD 6.4.0 - 6.6.1 Tested on: OpenBSD 6.6, Debian GNU/Linux bullseye/sid with opensmtpd 6.6.1p1-1 CVE: CVE-2020-7247 !/usr/bin/perl...