The installer of e-Tax software(common program) vulnerable to privilege escalation

Overview The installer of e-Tax softwarecommon program provided by National Tax Agency contains a vulnerability which allows uploading a malicious DLL to be executed with higher privileges than that of an general user by altering registry CWE-268. Takashi Yoshikawa of Mitsui Bussan Secure...

e-Tax Reception System 安全漏洞

The e-Tax Reception System is an electronic tax management system organized by the National Tax Agency NTA of Japan. A security vulnerability exists in e-Tax Reception System that originates from allowing the upload of malicious DLL files...

JVN#57749899: The installer of e-Tax software(common program) vulnerable to privilege escalation

The installer of e-Tax softwarecommon program provided by National Tax Agency contains a vulnerability which allows uploading a malicious DLL to be executed with higher privileges than that of an general user by altering registry CWE-268. Impact A malicious DLL prepared by an attacker may be...

JVN#14762986: Improper restriction of XML external entity references (XXE) in e-Tax software

e-Tax software provided by National Tax Agency improperly restricts XML external entity references XXE CWE-611 due to the configuration of the embedded XML parser. Impact Processing a specially crafted XML file may lead to exposure of internal files on the system. Solution Update the Software...

APT-C-36 Strikes Again: Blind Eagle Hackers Target Key Industries in Colombia

The threat actor known as Blind Eagle has been linked to a new campaign targeting various key industries in Colombia. The activity, which was detected by the BlackBerry Research and Intelligence Team on February 20, 2023, is also said to encompass Ecuador, Chile, and Spain, suggesting a slow...

APT-C-36 Strikes Again: Blind Eagle Hackers Target Key Industries in Colombia

The threat actor known as Blind Eagle has been linked to a new campaign targeting various key industries in Colombia. The activity, which was detected by the BlackBerry Research and Intelligence Team on February 20, 2023, is also said to encompass Ecuador, Chile, and Spain, suggesting a slow...

e-Tax Reception System Chrome Extension Injection Vulnerability

Chrome Extension is an extension for the e-Tax Reception System, an electronic tax management system of the National Tax Agency of Japan. A security vulnerability exists in Chrome Extension in the e-Tax Reception System Ver1.0.0.0. The vulnerability can be exploited by a remote attacker to execut...

Chrome Extension for e-Tax Reception System vulnerable to arbitrary command execution

Overview Chrome Extension for e-Tax Reception System provided by National Tax Agency is an extension to use the e-Tax Reception System on Google Chrome and/or Chromium-based versions of Microsoft Edge. When a user runs a Chrome Extension for e-Tax Reception System, a specially crafted parameter b...

JVN#40039627: Chrome Extension for e-Tax Reception System vulnerable to arbitrary command execution

Chrome Extension for e-Tax Reception System provided by National Tax Agency is an extension to use the e-Tax Reception System on Google Chrome and/or Chromium-based versions of Microsoft Edge. When a user runs a Chrome Extension for e-Tax Reception System, a specially crafted parameter by an...

Hacker Stole Data of Over 70% Bulgarian Citizens from Tax Agency Servers

Eastern European country Bulgaria has suffered the biggest data breach in its history that compromised personal and financial information of 5 million adult citizens out of its total population of 7 million people. According to multiple sources in local Bulgarian media, an unknown hacker earlier...

Voice records of millions of Brits stored by tax agency without consent

By Carolina According to Big Brother Watch, a British privacy advocate, and civil liberties organization, This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Voice records of millions of Brits stored by tax agency without consent...

UK Tax Agency Collects 5.1M Biometric Voice IDs, May Violate GDPR

Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs HMRC in the UK is under investigation by that country’s regulator over the collection of more than 5 million biometric voice IDs. The Information Commissioner’s Office ICO is investigating the tax agency’s practice, which may violate the recently implemented...

Tax refund, or How to lose your remaining cash

Every year, vast numbers of people around the globe relish the delightful prospect of filling out tax returns, applying for tax refunds, etc. Given that tax authorities and their taxpayers are moving online, it's no surprise to find cybercriminals hard on their heels. By spoofing trusted governme...

Installer of Setup file of advance preparation for e-Tax software (WEB version) may insecurely load Dynamic Link Libraries

Overview Installer of Setup file of advance preparation for e-Tax software WEB version provided by National Tax Agency contains an issue with the DLL search path, which may lead to insecurely loading Dynamic Link Libraries. BlackWingCat of Pink Flying Whale reported this vulnerability to IPA...

JVN#79451345: Installer of Setup file of advance preparation for e-Tax software (WEB version) may insecurely load Dynamic Link Libraries

Installer of Setup file of advance preparation for e-Tax software WEB version provided by National Tax Agency contains an issue with the DLL search path, which may lead to insecurely loading Dynamic Link Libraries. Impact Arbitrary code may be executed with the privilege of the user invoking the...

Installer of "Setup file of advance preparation" may insecurely load Dinamic Link Libraries

Overview "Setup file of advance preparation" provided by National Tax Agency is software to setup the environment which is required to use "filing assistance on the NTA website". "Setup file of advance preparation"contains an issue with the DLL search path, which may lead to insecurely loading...

JVN#34508179: Installer of "Setup file of advance preparation" may insecurely load Dinamic Link Libraries

"Setup file of advance preparation" provided by National Tax Agency is software to setup the environment which is required to use "filing assistance on the NTA website". "Setup file of advance preparation" contains an issue with the DLL search path, which may lead to insecurely loading Dynamic Li...