The vulnerability of the Microsoft Silverlight software platform, related to insufficient checking of pointers, allows a perpetrator to execute arbitrary code or gain access to read, modify, or delete data.

The vulnerability of the Microsoft Silverlight software platform lies in the insufficient checking of pointers used to access elements when processing HTML objects. Exploiting this vulnerability allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code or gain access to read, modify, or delete data by running...

Microsoft Silverlight Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Microsoft Silverlight is a development platform from Microsoft. The platform can build interactive applications for the Web, desktop and mobile devices. A remote code execution vulnerability exists in StringBuilder in Microsoft Silverlight version 5.0, which stems from the program failing to...

The vulnerability of the Silverlight software platform, which allows a hacker to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism

The vulnerability of the Silverlight software platform is related to the lack of protection for service data. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism by using a specially crafted web page...

The vulnerability of the Silverlight software platform allows a perpetrator to trigger a service failure or execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of the Silverlight software platform arises due to buffer overflow. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to execute arbitrary code or trigger a service failure memory overflow...

The vulnerability of the Silverlight software platform allows a perpetrator to trigger a service failure or execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of the Silverlight software platform is related to errors in reverse displacement processing during the decoding process. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to execute arbitrary code or cause service failures through a specially crafted web page...

Microsoft Silverlight Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Microsoft Silverlight is a development platform from Microsoft. The platform can build interactive applications for the Web, desktop and mobile devices. An information leakage vulnerability exists in Microsoft Silverlight that stems from the program failing to properly handle objects in memory. A...

New Adobe Flash Exploit Found in Angler, Fiesta EKs

Two notorious exploit kits are already seeding vulnerable websites with exploits for a Flash Player vulnerability that was patched in last week’s Adobe security bulletin. French researcher Kafeine told Threatpost that the most likely scenario is that a skilled coder found a way to reverse-enginee...

Koler Android Ransomware Infrastructure Complex and Agile

While the Koler ransomware may be a simplistic money-generating malware scam, the infrastructure standing up its campaigns is anything but. Researchers at Kaspersky Lab published a report today that not only explained details of how the attackers—possibly the group behind the Reveton...

Blackhole and Cool Exploit Kits Nearly Extinct

When authorities in Russia arrested Paunch, the alleged creator of the Blackhole exploit kit, last month, security researchers and watchers of the malware underground predicted that taking him off the board would put a dent in the use of Blackhole and force its customers onto other platforms. Six...

Exploit Kit Adds Vector for Silverlight Vulnerability

Developers behind the Angler Exploit Kit have apparently added a new exploit over the last week that leverages a known vulnerability in Microsoft’s Silverlight browser framework. Silverlight, similar to Adobe Flash, is Microsoft’s plug-in for streaming media on browsers and is perhaps most known...

CVE-2012-0014

Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP2, 3.5.1, and 4, and Silverlight 4 before 4.1.10111, does not properly restrict access to memory associated with unmanaged objects, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via 1 a crafted XAML browser application aka XBAP, 2 a crafted ASP.NET...