Facebook Friends Disclosure

Facebook Vulnerability Discloses Friends Lists Defined as Private ================================================= Researchers from the Quotium Seeker Research Center identified a security flaw in Facebook privacy controls. The vulnerability allows attackers to see the friends list of any user o...

LiveZilla 5.0.1.4 - Remote Code Execution

CVE-2013-6225: Security Advisory – Curesec Research Team 1. Introduction Advisory ID: Cure-2013-1007 Advisory URL: https://www.curesec.com/de/veroeffentlichungen /advisories.html Blog URL: https://cureblog.de/2013/11/remote-code-execution-in-livezilla/ Affected Product: LiveZilla version 5.0.1.4...

LiveZilla 5.0.1.4 - Remote Code Execution

LiveZilla 5.0.1.4 - Remote Code Execution CVE-2013-6225: Security Advisory – Curesec Research Team 1. Introduction Advisory ID: Cure-2013-1007 Advisory URL: https://www.curesec.com/de/veroeffentlichungen /advisories.html Blog URL: https://cureblog.de/2013/11/remote-code-execution-in-livezilla/...

Zikula 1.3.5 Build 20 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Exploit for php platform in category web applications Product: Zikula Application Framework Vendor: Zikula Software Foundation Vulnerable Versions: 1.3.5 build 20 and probably prior Tested Version: 1.3.5 build 20 Advisory Publication: October 16, 2013 without technical details Vendor Notification...

Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability actively being exploited in the wild

Security researchers at FireEye have detected a new series of drive-by attacks based on a new Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability. The attackers breached a website based in the US to deploy the exploit code to conduct a classic watering hole attack. The discovery was announced just a few day...

Python tools for Pentesters

If you are involved in vulnerability research, reverse engineering or penetration testing, I suggest to try out the Python programming language. It has a rich set of useful libraries and programs. This page lists some of them. Most of the listed tools are written in Python, others are just Python...

millions stolen in Bitcoin heist

More trouble for Bitcoin this week after an Australian wallet service admitted that attackers broke into their systems and made off with more than $1.2 million worth of the the digital crypto-currency. The theft comes on the coat-tails of a contentious research paper claiming that a...

Vendor Customizations Lead to Android Security Issues

When Android phone manufacturers tweak devices and customize phones with special software, apps and code, it has a direct effect on the security of each device. In some cases, the changes made can account for more than 60 percent of vulnerabilities found in devices. That’s according to a paper “T...

appRain 3.0.2 SQL Injection

Advisory ID: HTB23177 Product: appRain Vendor: appRain Vulnerable Versions: 3.0.2 and probably prior Tested Version: 3.0.2 Advisory Publication: October 9, 2013 without technical details Vendor Notification: October 9, 2013 Public Disclosure: November 6, 2013 Vulnerability Type: SQL Injection...

CVE-2013-5741

Triangle Research International aka Tri Nano-10 PLC devices with firmware r81 and earlier do not properly handle large length values in MODBUS data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service transition to the interrupt state via a crafted packet to TCP port 502...

CVE-2013-5741

Triangle Research International aka Tri Nano-10 PLC devices with firmware r81 and earlier do not properly handle large length values in MODBUS data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service transition to the interrupt state via a crafted packet to TCP port 502...

CVE-2013-5741

The CVE-2013-5741 issue affects Triangle Research International Nano-10 PLC devices (firmware prior to r82). It stems from improper input validation in Modbus/TCP handling, allowing remote attackers to cause a DoS by sending crafted packets to TCP port 502, potentially making the device inaccessi...

Introduction: Chris Betz, new head of MSRC

By way of introduction, I am Chris Betz, the leader of the Microsoft Security Response Center MSRC. I’m stepping in to fill the shoes of Mike Reavey, who has moved on to become the General Manager of Secure Operations, still within Trustworthy Computing. Since joining the MSRC, I’ve spent time...

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Tweet Blender Wordpress Plugin

High-Tech Bridge Security Research Lab discovered vulnerability in Tweet Blender Wordpress Plugin, which can be exploited to perform Cross-Site Scripting XSS attacks. 1 Cross-Site Scripting XSS in Tweet Blender Wordpress Plugin: CVE-2013-6342 1.1 The vulnerability exists due to insufficient...

GuppY 4.6.26 Cross Site Scripting

Advisory ID: HTB23176 Product: GuppY Vendor: GuppY Vulnerable Versions: 4.6.26 and probably prior Tested Version: 4.6.26 Advisory Publication: October 2, 2013 without technical details Vendor Notification: October 2, 2013 Vendor Patch: October 12, 2013 Public Disclosure: October 23, 2013...

SCADA ICS Bug Expose Critical Infrastructure to Attack

A trio of researchers have uncovered 25 security vulnerabilities in various supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA and industrial control system ICS protocols. The researchers, Adam Crain, Chris Sistrunk, and Adam Todorski–though Todorski has not yet been credited with finding any of the...

MS13-080 Microsoft Internet Explorer CDisplayPointer Use-After-Free

This Metasploit module exploits a vulnerability found in Microsoft Internet Explorer. It was originally found being exploited in the wild targeting Japanese and Korean IE8 users on Windows XP, around the same time frame as CVE-2013-3893, except this was kept out of the public eye by multiple...

vBulletin 4.1.x - installupgrade.php Security Bypass

vBulletin 4.1.x - installupgrade.php Security Bypass source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62909/info vBulletin is prone to a security-bypass vulnerability. Successful exploits can allow attackers to bypass certain security restrictions and perform unauthorized actions. !/usr/bin/perl Title:...

vBulletin 4.1.x - '/install/upgrade.php' Security Bypass

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62909/info vBulletin is prone to a security-bypass vulnerability. Successful exploits can allow attackers to bypass certain security restrictions and perform unauthorized actions. !/usr/bin/perl Title: vBulletin remote admin injection exploit Author: Simo...

Microsoft Mitigation Bypass Bounty Winner James Forshaw

Give James Forshaw a good logic bug over a memory-corruption vulnerability any day of the week. The British researcher says he would rather manipulate weaknesses in code to climb out of an application sandbox than turn a fuzzer against a piece of software and spot a memory leak. But incentivized ...