LevelOne WBR-6013 telnetd hard-coded password vulnerability

Talos Vulnerability Report TALOS-2023-1871 LevelOne WBR-6013 telnetd hard-coded password vulnerability July 8, 2024 CVE Number CVE-2023-46685 SUMMARY A hard-coded password vulnerability exists in the telnetd functionality of LevelOne WBR-6013 RER4Av3411b2T2RLEV09170623. A set of specially crafted...

Multiple vulnerabilities in TP-Link Omada system could lead to root access

The TP-Link Omada system is a software-defined networking solution for small to medium-sized businesses. It touts cloud-managed devices and local management for all Omada devices. The supported devices in this ecosystem vary greatly but include wireless access points, routers, switches, VPN devic...

Chinese Hackers Deploy SpiceRAT and SugarGh0st in Global Espionage Campaign

A previously undocumented Chinese-speaking threat actor codenamed SneakyChef has been linked to an espionage campaign primarily targeting government entities across Asia and EMEA Europe, Middle East, and Africa with SugarGh0st malware since at least August 2023. "SneakyChef uses lures that are...

Pakistan-linked Malware Campaign Evolves to Target Windows, Android, and macOS

Threat actors with ties to Pakistan have been linked to a long-running malware campaign dubbed Operation Celestial Force since at least 2018. The activity, still ongoing, entails the use of an Android malware called GravityRAT and a Windows-based malware loader codenamed HeavyLift, according to...

New banking trojan “CarnavalHeist” targets Brazil with overlay attacks

Since February 2024, Cisco Talos has been observing an active campaign targeting Brazilian users with a new banking trojan called "CarnavalHeist." Many of the observed tactics, techniques and procedures TTPs are common among other banking trojans coming out of Brazil. This family has also been...

New Generative AI category added to Talos reputation services

Cisco Talos is preparing to release the first in a series of changes to our Web Categorization system, which is designed to simplify the verbiage we use. In mid-June, were adding a new "Generative AI" category that will apply to certain websites. The "Content Category" appears whenever a user...

AutomationDirect P3-550E Programming Software Connection scan_lib.bin library code injection vulnerability

Talos Vulnerability Report TALOS-2024-1943 AutomationDirect P3-550E Programming Software Connection scanlib.bin library code injection vulnerability May 28, 2024 CVE Number CVE-2024-23601 SUMMARY A code injection vulnerability exists in the scanlib.bin functionality of AutomationDirect P3-550E...

AutomationDirect P3-550E Programming Software Connection Remote Memory Diagnostics Write-What-Where vulnerability

Talos Vulnerability Report TALOS-2024-1940 AutomationDirect P3-550E Programming Software Connection Remote Memory Diagnostics Write-What-Where vulnerability May 28, 2024 CVE Number CVE-2024-22187 SUMMARY A write-what-where vulnerability exists in the Programming Software Connection Remote Memory...

Talos releases new macOS open-source fuzzer

Cisco Talos has developed a fuzzer that enables us to test macOS software on commodity hardware. Fuzzer utilizes a snapshot-based fuzzing approach and is based on WhatTheFuzz framework. Support for VM state extraction was implemented and WhatTheFuzz was extended to support the loading of VMWare...

CVE-2024-30312 TALOS-2024-1952 - Adobe Acrobat Reader Font CPAL numColorRecords out-of-bounds read vulnerability

Acrobat Reader versions 20.005.30574, 24.002.20736 and earlier Answer: are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this issue requires user...

CVE-2024-30311 TALOS-2024-1946 - Adobe Acrobat Reader Font gvar GlyphVariationData out-of-bounds read vulnerability

Acrobat Reader versions 20.005.30574, 24.002.20736 and earlier Answer: are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this issue requires user...

Talos joins CISA to counter cyber threats against non-profits, activists and other at-risk communities

Cisco Talos is delighted to share updates about our ongoing partnership with the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA to combat cybersecurity threats facing civil society organizations. Talos has partnered with CISA on several initiatives through the Joint Cyber Defense...

Talos discloses multiple zero-day vulnerabilities, two of which could lead to code execution

Cisco Talos Vulnerability Research team recently disclosed three zero-day vulnerabilities that are still unpatched as of Wednesday, May 8. Two vulnerabilities in this group -- one in the Tinyroxy HTTP proxy daemon and another in the stbvorbis.c file library -- could lead to arbitrary code...

Critical Tinyproxy Flaw Opens Over 50,000 Hosts to Remote Code Execution

More than 50% of the 90,310 hosts have been found exposing a Tinyproxy service on the internet that's vulnerable to a critical unpatched security flaw in the HTTP/HTTPS proxy tool. The issue, tracked as CVE-2023-49606, carries a CVSS score of 9.8 out of a maximum of 10, per Cisco Talos, which...

Vulnerabilities in employee management system could lead to remote code execution, login credential theft

Cisco Talos Vulnerability Research team has disclosed more than a dozen vulnerabilities over the past three weeks, five in a device that allows employees to check in and out of their shifts, and another that exists in an open-source library used in medical device imaging files. The Peplink Smart...

Milesight UR32L luci2-io file-import firmware update vulnerability

Talos Vulnerability Report TALOS-2023-1852 Milesight UR32L luci2-io file-import firmware update vulnerability May 1, 2024 CVE Number CVE-2023-47166 SUMMARY A firmware update vulnerability exists in the luci2-io file-import functionality of Milesight UR32L v32.3.0.7-r2. A specially crafted network...

Tinyproxy HTTP request parsing uninitialized memory vulnerability

Talos Vulnerability Report TALOS-2023-1902 Tinyproxy HTTP request parsing uninitialized memory vulnerability May 1, 2024 CVE Number CVE-2023-40533 SUMMARY An uninitialized memory use vulnerability exists in Tinyproxy 1.11.1 while parsing HTTP requests. In certain configurations, a specially craft...

Cisco Talos at RSAC 2024

With RSAC just a week away, Cisco Talos is gearing up for another year of heading to San Francisco to share in some of the latest major cybersecurity announcements, research and news. Weve pulled together the highlights, so you dont miss out on all things Talos. Tuesday, May 7 Joe Marshall will b...

Foxit Reader Lock object fields property type confusion vulnerability

Talos Vulnerability Report TALOS-2024-1963 Foxit Reader Lock object fields property type confusion vulnerability April 30, 2024 CVE Number CVE-2024-25575 SUMMARY A type confusion vulnerability vulnerability exists in the way Foxit Reader 2024.1.0.23997 handles a Lock object. A specially crafted...

Talos IR trends: BEC attacks surge, while weaknesses in MFA persist

Business email compromise BEC was the top threat observed by Cisco Talos Incident Response Talos IR in the first quarter of 2024, accounting for nearly half of engagements, which is more than double what was observed in the previous quarter. The most observed means of gaining initial access was t...