49 malware infected Chrome extensions found stealing user data

By Sudais Asif Another day, another malware scam - In the latest, 49 security extensions on Google Chrome have been found to be engaging in malicious activities. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 49 malware infected Chrome extensions found stealing user data...

'Unbreakable' Smart Lock Draws FTC Ire for Deceptive Security Claims

The Federal Trade Commission has slapped Tapplock, the maker of smart padlocks that it bills as “unbreakable,” with an official complaint that could lead to fines down the road. The agency alleges that the company engaged in false and deceptive claims about its security practices, after the lock...

Design/Logic Flaw

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with L5.0/5.1 and M6.0 tablets software. The lockscreen interface allows Add User actions, leading to an unintended ability to access user data in external storage. The Samsung ID is SVE-2016-7797 March 2017...

CVE-2017-18680

CVE-2017-18680 concerns Samsung mobile devices running Lollipop (5.0/5.1) and Marshmallow (6.0) tablets. The issue arises from the lockscreen, where the Add User action can be exploited to access user data stored in external storage. Root cause and affected scope are tied to the lockscreen UI all...

How social media platforms mine personal data for profit

It’s almost impossible not to rely on social networks in some way, whether for personal reasons or business. Sites such as LinkedIn continue to blur the line, increasing the amount of social function over time with features and services resembling less formal sites, such as Facebook. Can anyone...

Information Disclosure Vulnerability in Panmicro e-cology (CNVD-2020-25557)

Panmicro e-cology is an efficient collaborative work environment for medium to large organizations. An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Panmicro e-cology, which can be exploited by attackers to obtain sensitive user information...

Unspecified Vulnerability in Deskpro (CNVD-2020-22252)

Deskpro is a helpdesk software solution that helps companies manage communication with their customers and user base across multiple channels. A security vulnerability exists in Deskpro. The /api/people endpoint fails to properly validate user permissions, which can be exploited by an attacker to...

CVE-2020-11464

An issue was discovered in Deskpro before 2019.8.0. The /api/people endpoint failed to properly validate a user's privilege, allowing an attacker to retrieve sensitive information about all users registered on the system. This includes their full name, privilege, email address, phone number, etc...

Input validation

An issue was discovered in the Login by Auth0 plugin before 4.0.0 for WordPress. It has numerous fields that can contain data that is pulled from different sources. One issue with this is that the data isn't sanitized, and no input validation is performed, before the exporting of the user data...

Reinstallation and Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities in Blue Route Blog System

The Blue Route Blog System is a blog system that allows multiple users to collaborate on writing. The Blue Route Blog System suffers from reinstallation and cross-site scripting vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by an attacker to bypass reinstallation checks and reinstall the target website...

Spying on old folks

We’ve tested plenty of kids GPS tracker watches over the years. Nearly all we looked at had critical security issues. For a BBC show a while back we were asked to investigate the security of similar trackers for the elderly. They’re a nice idea; allowing people to live independently for longer an...

CVE-2018-12633

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.17.2. vbgmiscdeviceioctl in drivers/virt/vboxguest/vboxguestlinux.c reads the same user data twice with copyfromuser. The header part of the user data is double-fetched, and a malicious user thread can tamper with the critical variables...

PlayStation: Use-After-Free In IPV6_2292PKTOPTIONS leading To Arbitrary Kernel R/W Primitives

Summary Due to missing locks in option IPV62292PKTOPTIONS of setsockopt , it is possible to race and free the struct ip6pktopts buffer, while it is being handled by ip6setpktopt. This structure contains pointers ip6popktinfo that can be hijacked to obtain arbitrary kernel R/W primitives. As a...

Unauthorized Access Vulnerability in Educational Resources Cloud Platform of Guangzhou Yingke Electronic Technology Co.

Guangzhou YingKeVision Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. educational resources cloud platform to the national open class platform for the display and sharing of video resources, through the front-end recording studio for educational resources collection, to realize the platform on the integration o...

Unspecified Vulnerability in ONAP Portal

ONAP Portal is a visual design tool for parsing applications from the ONAP project. An unspecified vulnerability exists in ONAP Portal that stems from incorrect access control. An attacker can exploit the vulnerability by calling ONAPPORTAL/portalApi/loggedinUser to obtain sensitive information...

CVE-2020-10240

An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.9.16. Missing length checks in the user table can lead to the creation of users with duplicate usernames and/or email addresses...

Unspecified Vulnerability in ABB eSOMS

ABB eSOMS Electronic Shift Operations Management System is a plant operations management system from ABB Switzerland. ABB eSOMS contains a security vulnerability that could be exploited by an attacker to compromise sensitive user information by framing parts of the application on a malicious...

Popup Builder < 3.64.1 - Multiple Issues

"One vulnerability allowed an unauthenticated attacker to inject malicious JavaScript into any published popup, which would then be executed whenever the popup loaded. The other vulnerability allowed any logged-in user, even those with minimal permissions such as a subscriber, to export a list of...

CVE-2019-9103

An issue was discovered on Moxa MGate MB3170 and MB3270 devices before 4.1, MB3280 and MB3480 devices before 3.1, MB3660 devices before 2.3, and MB3180 devices before 2.1. An attacker can access sensitive information e.g., conduct username disclosure attacks on the built-in WEB-service without...

PT-2020-20337 · Horde · Horde Groupware Webmail Edition

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Horde Groupware Webmail Edition version 5.2.22 Description: This issue allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files on affected installations. Authentication is required to exploit this. The flaw exists within the add.php file and result...