In Hong Kong, Which Side Is Technology On?

Both. Yes, authoritarians have co-opted tech. But the story is far from over...

wildfly-core: Incorrect privileges for 'Monitor', 'Auditor' and 'Deployer' user by default

It was found that Wildfly users had default user permissions set incorrectly. A malicious user could use this flaw to access unauthorized controls for the application server...

CVE-2019-14838

A flaw was found in wildfly-core before 7.2.5.GA. The Management users with Monitor, Auditor and Deployer Roles should not be allowed to modify the runtime state of the server...

Puppet Enterprise 2016.x < 2016.4.15 / 2017.x < 2017.3.10 / 2018.x < 2018.1.4 Plaintext Credential Vulnerability

A plaintext credential vulnerability exists when users are configured to use startTLS with Role-Based Access Control RBAC Lightweight Directory Access Protocol LDAP. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to bypass authentication to see the users credentials in plaintext...

CVE-2019-14656

Yealink phones through 2019-08-04 do not properly check user roles in POST requests. Consequently, the default User account with a password of user can make admin requests via HTTP...

CVE-2019-14656

Yealink phones through 2019-08-04 do not properly check user roles in POST requests. Consequently, the default User account with a password of user can make admin requests via HTTP...

CVE-2017-12167

It was found that properties based files of the management and the application realm configuration that contain user to role mapping are world readable allowing access to users and roles information to all the users logged in to the system...

Input validation

SITOS six Build v6.2.1 allows a user with the user role of Seminar Coordinator to escalate their permission to the Systemadministrator role due to insufficient checks on the server side...

CVE-2019-15747

CVE-2019-15747 affects SITOS six Build v6.2.1. A user with the Seminar Coordinator role can escalate to System Administrator due to insufficient server-side access checks, enabling privilege escalation. CVSS data in the records shows a high impact (CVSS‑3.1 base score 8.8) but no exploit details ...

CVE-2019-15747

SITOS six Build v6.2.1 allows a user with the user role of Seminar Coordinator to escalate their permission to the Systemadministrator role due to insufficient checks on the server side...

The vulnerability in the IOx application environment for the Cisco IOS operating system allows a hacker to elevate their privileges to the root level.

The vulnerability in the IOx application environment for the Cisco IOS operating system is related to errors during role-based access control checks. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to elevate their privileges to the root level...

NSA on the Future of National Cybersecurity

Glenn Gerstell, the General Counsel of the NSA, wrote a long and interesting op-ed for the New York Times where he outlined a long list of cyber risks facing the US. There are four key implications of this revolution that policymakers in the national security sector will need to address: The firs...

Moodle Authorization Issues Vulnerability

Moodle is a free, open-source e-learning software platform, also known as a course management system, learning management system or virtual learning environment. An authorization issue vulnerability exists in Moodle, which can be exploited by an attacker to gain access to the Teacher role...

CVE-2019-12648

A vulnerability in the IOx application environment for Cisco IOS Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to the Guest Operating System Guest OS running on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to incorrect role-based access control RBAC evaluation...

Design/Logic Flaw

A vulnerability in the IOx application environment for Cisco IOS Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to the Guest Operating System Guest OS running on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to incorrect role-based access control RBAC evaluation...

CVE-2019-12648 Cisco IOx for IOS Software Guest Operating System Unauthorized Access Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the IOx application environment for Cisco IOS Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to the Guest Operating System Guest OS running on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to incorrect role-based access control RBAC evaluation...

Cisco IOx for IOS Software Guest Operating System Unauthorized Access Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the IOx application environment for Cisco IOS Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to the Guest Operating System Guest OS running on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to incorrect role-based access control RBAC evaluation...

kubernetes: API server allows access to cluster-scoped custom resources as if resources were namespaced

The Kubernetes kube-apiserver mistakenly allows access to a cluster-scoped custom resource if the request is made as if the resource were namespaced. Authorizations for the resource accessed in this manner are enforced using roles and role bindings within the namespace, meaning that a user with...

Beyond The Standard CISO Cloud Security Guide

Verizon recently released a 5 step process for evaluating cloud security products and services to inform purchase decisions. That’s a fantastic tool for buyers to have. This is especially helpful because cloud discussions are almost always driven by business objectives to satisfy a cost and or...

TableField - Moderately critical - Access bypass - SA-CONTRIB-2019-067

This module allows you to attach tabular data to an entity. There is insufficient access checking for users with the ability to "Export Tablefield Data as CSV". They can export data from unpublished nodes or otherwise inaccessible entities. This vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that an...