CVE-2018-0596

CVE-2018-0596 describes an untrusted search path vulnerability in the Microsoft Visual Studio Community installer , enabling an attacker to execute arbitrary code with the caller’s privileges via a Trojan DLL placed in the installer’s directory. Root cause: DLL search path / App Dir DLL planting ...

CVE-2018-0597

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer of Visual Studio Code allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory...

CVE-2018-0609

Untrusted search path vulnerability in LINE for Windows versions before 5.8.0 allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory...

CVE-2018-0593

The CVE-2018-0593 entry affects the Microsoft OneDrive installer, which has an untrusted search path vulnerability (DLL planting) that can allow privilege escalation by placing a Trojan DLL in the installer’s directory. Root cause: insecure DLL search order in the installer. Impact described: arb...

CVE-2018-0594

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Skype for Windows allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory...

CVE-2018-0592

CVE-2018-0592 affects Microsoft OneDrive with an untrusted search path/DLL planting issue. The vulnerability arises when a Trojan horse DLL placed in the application’s directory can execute with the user’s privileges, enabling arbitrary code execution if exploited locally. Affected context is the...

CVE-2018-0601

Untrusted search path vulnerability in axpdfium v0.01 allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory...

CVE-2018-0563

The CVE-2018-0563 entry describes an untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer for FLET'S VIRUS CLEAR Easy Setup & Application Tool (ver.13.0 and earlier) and FLET'S VIRUS CLEAR v6 Easy Setup & Application Tool (ver.13.0 and earlier). The root cause is an insecure DLL search path (CWE-...

CVE-2018-0592

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft OneDrive allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory...

CVE-2018-0598

The CVE-2018-0598 issue concerns self-extracting archive files created by IExpress bundled with Microsoft Windows. Affected component is the IExpress self-extracting archive mechanism, where an untrusted search path can lead to DLL planting and privilege escalation by loading a Trojan horse DLL f...

CVE-2018-0598

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Self-extracting archive files created by IExpress bundled with Microsoft Windows allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory...

PT-2018-8956 · Microsoft · Windows +1

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Microsoft Windows affected versions not specified Description: The issue concerns an untrusted search path vulnerability in self-extracting archive files created by IExpress, which is bundled with Microsoft Windows. This vulnerability allows ...

My Little FormBook

This blog post is authored by Warren Mercer and Paul Rascagneres. Summary Cisco Talos has been tracking a new campaign involving the FormBook malware since May 2018 that utilizes four different malicious documents in a single phishing email. FormBook is an inexpensive stealer available as "malwar...

APT15 Pokes Its Head Out With Upgraded MirageFox RAT

The elusive APT15 cyber-espionage group, believed to be affiliated with the Chinese government, has been spotted for the first time in many months, mounting a highly targeted spy campaign using an upgraded version of the Mirage remote access trojan. This is the first evidence of the China-linked...

Security Bulletin: InstallShield and InstallAnywhere vulnerabilities affect IBM Security Guardium Data Redaction (CVE-2016-2542)

Summary Flexera InstallShield could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by an untrusted search path. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory of a setup-launcher executable file to gain elevated...

New Banking Trojan Can Launch Overlay Attacks on Latest Android Versions

Researchers have discovered a new Android banking trojan that holds striking similarities to the infamous Lokibot – but packed with new tricky features, most notably its ability to implement an overlay attack on Android 7 and 8. Researchers at ThreatFabric, who discovered the trojan, said...

Threat Roundup for June 1-15

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between June 01 and June 15. As with previous round-ups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we've observed by highlighting key behavioral characteristic...

Chinese Hackers Carried Out Country-Level Watering Hole Attack

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered an espionage campaign that has targeted a national data center of an unnamed central Asian country in order to conduct watering hole attacks. The campaign is believed to be active covertly since fall 2017 but was spotted in March by security researchers fr...

North Korean Malicious Cyber Activity

The Department of Homeland Security DHS and the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI have identified Trojan malware variants—referred to as TYPEFRAME—used by the North Korean government. The U.S. Government refers to malicious cyber activity by the North Korean government as HIDDEN COBRA. US-CERT...

LuckyMouse hits national data center to organize country-level waterholing campaign

What happened? In March 2018 we detected an ongoing campaign targeting a national data center in the Central Asia that we believe has been active since autumn 2017. The choice of target made this campaign especially significant – it meant the attackers gained access to a wide range of government...