This is How CIA Disables Security Cameras During Hollywood-Style Operations

In last 20 years, we have seen hundreds of caper/heist movies where spies or bank robbers hijack surveillance cameras of secure premises to either stop recording or set up an endless loop for covert operations without leaving any evidence. Whenever I see such scenes in a movie, I wonder and ask...

(Pwn2Own) Microsoft Windows Palette Object Use-After-Free Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on vulnerable installations of Microsoft Windows. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of...

Cisco Web Security Appliance Authenticated Command Injection and Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the CLI parser of the Cisco Web Security Appliance WSA could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform command injection and elevate privileges to root. The attacker must authenticate with valid operator-level or administrator-level credentials. The vulnerability is due...

(Pwn2Own) Microsoft Windows PlgBlt Integer Overflow Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on vulnerable installations of Microsoft Windows. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the implementati...

(Pwn2Own) Microsoft Windows CLFS Driver Uninitialized Memory Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on vulnerable installations of Microsoft Windows. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the Common Log...

(Pwn2Own) Microsoft Windows basicrender WarpKMEscape Information Disclosure Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows local attackers to disclose sensitive information on vulnerable installations of Microsoft Windows. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the...

(Pwn2Own) Microsoft Windows WarpKMSubmitCommandVirtual Uninitialized Memory Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on vulnerable installations of Microsoft Windows. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within BasicRender.sys,...

(Pwn2Own) Microsoft Windows NtUserLinkDpiCursor Use-After-Free Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on vulnerable installations of Microsoft Windows. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of...

(Pwn2Own) Microsoft Windows TdxCreateTransportAddress Buffer Overflow Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on vulnerable installations of Microsoft Windows. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the tdx.sys...

(Pwn2Own) Microsoft Windows NtUserLinkDpiCursor Use-After-Free Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on vulnerable installations of Microsoft Windows. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of...

CVE-2017-6640

A vulnerability in Cisco Prime Data Center Network Manager DCNM Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to log in to the administrative console of a DCNM server by using an account that has a default, static password. The account could be granted root- or system-level privileges...

Cisco Prime Data Center Network Manager Server Static Credential Vulnerability

A vulnerability in Cisco Prime Data Center Network Manager DCNM Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to log in to the administrative console of a DCNM server by using an account that has a default, static password. The account could be granted root- or system-level privileges...

CVE-2015-7888

Directory traversal vulnerability in the WifiHs20UtilityService on the Samsung S6 Edge LRX22G.G925VVRU1AOE2 allows remote attackers to overwrite or create arbitrary files as the system-level user via a .. dot dot in the name of a file, compressed into a zipped file named cred.zip, and downloaded ...

CVE-2015-7888

CVE-2015-7888 affects Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge WifiHs20UtilityService. A directory traversal occurs when a cred.zip is placed under /sdcard/Download; the unzipping process can write files to arbitrary locations (e.g., /data/bundle) as the system user due to unverified file paths. Project Zero notes...

Privilege Escalation

github.com/bosun-monitor/bosun is vulnerable to privilege escalation. The library does not quote service paths, allowing a malicious user to load a runnable file at system level privilege...

Privilege escalation

Privilege escalation in IntelHAXM.sys driver in the Intel Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager before version 6.0.6 allows a local user to gain system level access...

CVE-2017-5683

Privilege escalation in IntelHAXM.sys driver in the Intel Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager before version 6.0.6 allows a local user to gain system level access...

CVE-2017-5683

Privilege escalation in IntelHAXM.sys driver in the Intel Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager before version 6.0.6 allows a local user to gain system level access...

CVE-2017-5683

Privilege escalation in IntelHAXM.sys driver in the Intel Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager before version 6.0.6 allows a local user to gain system level access...

Dissecting One of APT29’s Fileless WMI and PowerShell Backdoors (POSHSPY)

Mandiant has observed APT29 using a stealthy backdoor that we call POSHSPY. POSHSPY leverages two of the tools the group frequently uses: PowerShell and Windows Management Instrumentation WMI. In the investigations Mandiant has conducted, it appeared that APT29 deployed POSHSPY as a secondary...