Emergency Zero-Day Patch Does Not Quiet Calls to Disable Java

Oracle’s emergency Java update this weekend for a zero-day sandbox bypass vulnerability hasn’t exactly kicked off a love-fest for the company among security experts. Researchers are still cautious about recommending users re-enable the ubiquitous software, despite the availability of the fix for...

Incomplete Java Patch Paved Way for Latest Zero Day Mess

The exploit targeting the latest zero-day vulnerability in the Java platform is dropping ransomware, and has been found in another exploit kit. Security experts, including U.S.-CERT last night, advise users and IT managers to disable Java on endpoints and browsers. Meanwhile, Polish security...

Exploit Packs updated with New Java Zero-Day vulnerability

A new Java 0-day vulnerability has been discovered, already wind in use by an exploit pack, taking advantage of a fresh zero-day vulnerability in Java and potentially letting hackers take over users' machines. Java 7 Update 10 and earlier contain an unspecified vulnerability that can allow a...

Nasty New Java Zero Day Found; Exploit Kits Already Have It

UPDATE – Security experts are urging users to disable Java immediately after the discovery of another zero-day exploit that has been incorporated into the Blackhole, Redkit, Cool and Nuclear Pack exploit kits. According to a French researcher who uses the handle Kafeine, the exploits target the...

Exploit Packs updated with New Java Zero-Day vulnerability

A new Java 0-day vulnerability has been discovered, already wind in use by an exploit pack, taking advantage of a fresh zero-day vulnerability in Java and potentially letting hackers take over users’ machines. Java 7 Update 10 and earlier contain an unspecified vulnerability that can allow a...

Cool, BlackHole Exploit Kits Created by Same Hacker

If the relatively cheap, easily available, and totally reliable Blackhole exploit kit is the Toyota Camry of exploit kits, then the Cool exploit kit is the Lexus LS: both kits are reportedly developed by the same crew, but the latter is astronomically more expensive and presumably loaded with...

Microsoft Releases Two Critical Patches; Promises Update for IE Watering Hole Zero Day

It’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday, and while there were two critical security updates released today, the concern among IT managers is likely over the patch that isn’t there. Microsoft’s monthly security bulletins do not address a zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer that has been actively...

Use-after-free in Vibrate — Mozilla

Security researcher regenrecht reported, via TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative, a use-after-free using the domDoc pointer within Vibrate library. This can lead to arbitrary code execution when exploited...

Use-after-free in serializeToStream — Mozilla

Security researcher regenrecht reported, via TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative, a use-after-free in XMLSerializer by the exposing of serializeToStream to web content. This can lead to arbitrary code execution when exploited...

Researcher Who Found Nvidia Bug Confirms Security Update Clears Up Driver Zero Day

Nvidia has released a new driver for its graphics cards that includes a security update for a zero-day vulnerability in the Nvidia Display Driver Service that came to light on Christmas day. UK researcher Peter Winter-Smith posted vulnerability details and an exploit to Pastebin describing a stac...

Latest Internet Explorer zero-day linked to Elderwood Project

Last week we have seen ongoing attacks was exploiting a vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7, and Internet Explorer 8 that came to light after the Council on Foreign Relations website was hacked and was hosting the code. Symantec has linked exploits to the group responsible f...

Latest Internet Explorer zero-day linked to Elderwood Project

Last week we have seen ongoing attacks was exploiting a vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7, and Internet Explorer 8 that came to light after the Council on Foreign Relations website was hacked and was hosting the code. Symantec has linked exploits to the group responsible f...

Zero-Day Vulnerability in Symantec PGP Whole Disk Encryption

Symantec product PGP Whole Disk Encryption which is used to encrypt all the contents on the disk on a block-by-block basis having Zero-Day Vulnerability, according to a pastebin note. Note was posted on 25th Dec by Nikita Tarakanov, claiming that pgpwded.sys kernel driver distributed with Symante...

Zero-Day Vulnerability in Symantec PGP Whole Disk Encryption

Symantec product PGP Whole Disk Encryption which is used to encrypt all the contents on the disk on a block-by-block basis having Zero-Day Vulnerability, according to a pastebin note. Note was posted on 25th Dec by Nikita Tarakanov, claiming that pgpwded.sys kernel driver distributed with Symante...

Researchers Bypass Microsoft Fix It for IE Zero Day

Expect amped up pressure aimed in Microsoft’s direction for a patch for the Internet Explorer zero day that surfaced last week, now that researchers at Exodus Intelligence reported today they have developed a bypass for the Fix It that Microsoft released as a temporary mitigation. Their new explo...

Enterasys NetSight nssyslogd.exe Buffer Overflow

This file is part of the Metasploit Framework and may be subject to redistribution and commercial restrictions. Please see the Metasploit web site for more information on licensing and terms of use. http://metasploit.com/ require 'msf/core' class Metasploit3 'Enterasys NetSight nssyslogd.exe Buff...

Internet Explorer CButton Use After Free Vulnerability

Added: 01/04/2013 CVE: CVE-2012-4792 BID: 57070 OSVDB: 88774 Background Internet Explorer is an HTML web browser which comes by default on Microsoft operating systems. Problem All references to DOM button objects are not properly removed when a DOM buttom object is deleted. If the stale reference...

Patch for IE Zero Day Won't Be Among Microsoft Security Updates Next Week

Microsoft plans to release a pair of critical bulletins on Tuesday for its first round of 2013 monthly security updates, but still has no announcement regarding a patch for the zero day vulnerability and exploit in Internet Explorer reported over the Christmas holiday. Users are urged to apply a...

CFR watering hole attack also target Capstone Turbine Corporation

Last week Council on Foreign Relations website was compromised and recently hit by a drive-by attack using a zero day Internet Explorer 6 vulnerability for Cyber Espionage attack, suspected by Chinese Hackers. Later Microsoft confirmed that Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8 are vulnerable to remote...

Subrion CMS v2.3.x <= (FU/dDB) Multiple Vulnerabilities

This is a critical bug/zero-day found in Subrion CMS v2.3.x , the attacker can get all dump' backups with use PERL script , and the attacker can upload remote sh3ll/file .gif . This is private exploit. You can buy it at https://0day.today...