mplayer heap overflow in http requests

A remotely exploitable heap buffer overflow vulnerability was found in MPlayer's URL decoding code. If an attacker can cause MPlayer to visit a specially crafted URL, arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user running MPlayer may occur. A visit' might be caused by social engineering...

Microsoft Internet Explorer does not properly display URLs

Overview Microsoft Internet Explorer does not properly display the location of HTML documents. An attacker could exploit this behavior to mislead users into revealing sensitive information. Description Web browsers frequently display the Uniform Resource Locator URL in the address bar. Users expe...

RemotelyAnywhere - Default.HTML Logout Message Injection

RemotelyAnywhere - Default.HTML Logout Message Injection source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9202/info RemotelyAnywhere has been reported prone to a logout message injection weakness. It has been reported that this issue presents itself due to a lack of sufficient restrictions performed by...

RemotelyAnywhere - Default.HTML Logout Message Injection

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9202/info RemotelyAnywhere has been reported prone to a logout message injection weakness. It has been reported that this issue presents itself due to a lack of sufficient restrictions performed by RemotelyAnywhere on user supplied 'reason' URI parameters...

CVE-2001-1410

Internet Explorer 6 and earlier allows remote attackers to create chromeless windows using the Javascript window.createPopup method, which could allow attackers to simulate a victim's display and conduct unauthorized activities or steal sensitive data via social engineering...

CVE-2001-1410

The connected CERT entry for CVE-2001-1410 documents that Internet Explorer window.createPopup() creates chromeless popup windows that can spoof the user interface, enabling phishing-style deception and potential interaction with local files. The vulnerability affects IE 6 and earlier and is miti...

CVE-2001-1410

Internet Explorer 6 and earlier allows remote attackers to create chromeless windows using the Javascript window.createPopup method, which could allow attackers to simulate a victim's display and conduct unauthorized activities or steal sensitive data via social engineering...

FTP Server root Directory .forward File Present

The remote anonymous FTP server has a .forward file set in its home. An attacker may use it to determine who is in charge of the FTP server and set up a social engineering attack. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include"compat.inc"; ifdescription scriptid11565; scriptversion "$Revision: 1.18 $";...

Buffer overflows in ircII-based clients

After seeing the BitchX "DoS" problem mentioned the n'th time already, I decided to finally audit ircII based clients to show some worse problems they have. I had been pretty sure for years that malicious servers can exploit them in multiple ways, and I think many others have known it as well. EP...

writesrv Service Detection

This service gives potential attackers information about who is connected and who isn't, easing social engineering attacks for example. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include"compat.inc"; ifdescription scriptid11222; scriptversion "$Revision: 1.12 $"; scriptcvsdate"$Date: 2011/03/11 21:52:41 $"...

CVE-2002-0321

Yahoo! Messenger 5.0 allows remote attackers to spoof other users by modifying the username and using the spoofed username for social engineering or denial of service flooding attacks...

CVE-2002-0321

Yahoo! Messenger 5.0 allows remote attackers to spoof other users by modifying the username and using the spoofed username for social engineering or denial of service flooding attacks...

NetBSD 1.x - TalkD User Validation

NetBSD 1.x - TalkD User Validation source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4419/info talkd is a client-server application shipped with many Unix and Linux variants that is used for communication between users locally or remotely. talkd does not perform adequate validation of users making talk...

xtell 2.6.1 - User Status Remote Information Disclosure

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4196/info xtell is a simple network messaging program. It may be used to transmit terminal messages between users and machines. xtell is available for Linux, BSD and most other Unix based operating systems. An information disclosure vulnerability has been...

AOL/AOL Instant Messenger Vulnerability

AOL/AOL Instant Messenger Vulnerability -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Author: Robert Lyttle [email protected] Contributors: r0cky Release Date: 02.24.02 - 2:00 AM Disclaimer: http://www.sub-seven.com and/or Robert Lyttle is not responsible for...

xchat IRC session hijacking vulnerability (versions 1.4.1, 1.4.2)

========================================================================== ======= xchat 1.4.2 and 1.4.3 IRC session hijacking vulnerability ======== ========================================================================== It is possible to trick xchat IRC clients 1.4.2, 1.4.3 into sending...

X-Chat 1.x - CTCP Ping Remote IRC Command Execution

X-Chat 1.x - CTCP Ping Remote IRC Command Execution source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3830/info X-Chat is a graphical client for IRC. It requires the GTK+ toolkit, and is available for many Linux and Unix operating systems. If a CTCP ping request includes escaped newline characters and...

X-Chat 1.x - CTCP Ping Remote IRC Command Execution

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3830/info X-Chat is a graphical client for IRC. It requires the GTK+ toolkit, and is available for many Linux and Unix operating systems. If a CTCP ping request includes escaped newline characters and additional IRC commands, these commands may be execute...

Brian Dorricott MAILTO 1.0.7-9 - Unauthorized Mail Server Use

Brian Dorricott MAILTO 1.0.7-9 - Unauthorized Mail Server Use source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3669/info MAILTO is a program maintained by Brian Dorricott. It enables web servers to allow forms to be converted into mail messages that can be sent to numerous recipients. An issue exists in...

Brian Dorricott MAILTO 1.0.7-9 - Unauthorized Mail Server Use

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3669/info MAILTO is a program maintained by Brian Dorricott. It enables web servers to allow forms to be converted into mail messages that can be sent to numerous recipients. An issue exists in MAILTO which could allow an attacker to send emails through a...