About Remote Code Execution – Veeam Backup & Replication (CVE-2025-23120) vulnerability

About Remote Code Execution - Veeam Backup & Replication CVE-2025-23120 vulnerability. Veeam B&R is a client-server software solution for centralized backup of virtual machines in VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V environments. A deserialization flaw CWE-502 lets an attacker run arbitrary code...

About Remote Code Execution – Windows OLE (CVE-2025-21298) vulnerability

About Remote Code Execution - Windows OLE CVE-2025-21298 vulnerability. The vulnerability is from the January Microsoft Patch Tuesday. OLE Object Linking and Embedding is a technology for linking and embedding objects into other documents and objects, developed by Microsoft. A common use of this...

About Elevation of Privilege – needrestart (CVE-2024-48990) vulnerability

About Elevation of Privilege - needrestart CVE-2024-48990 vulnerability. On November 19, Qualys released a security bulletin about five privilege escalation vulnerabilities in the needrestart utility CVE-2024-48990, CVE-2024-48991, CVE-2024-48992, CVE-2024-10224, and CVE-2024-11003 used in Ubuntu...

August “In the Trend of VM” (#18): vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and SharePoint

August "In the Trend of VM" 18: vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and SharePoint. A traditional monthly roundup - this time, it's extremely short. Post on Habr rus Digest on the PT website rus Only two trending vulnerabilities: Remote Code Execution - Microsoft SharePoint Server "ToolShell"...

About Spoofing – Windows NTLM (CVE-2025-24054) vulnerability

About Spoofing - Windows NTLM CVE-2025-24054 vulnerability. It was patched in the March Microsoft Patch Tuesday. VM vendors didn't mention this vulnerability in their reviews; it was only known to be exploited via user interaction with a malicious file. A month later, on April 16, Check Point...

About Remote Code Execution – Apache Struts (CVE-2024-53677) vulnerability

About Remote Code Execution - Apache Struts CVE-2024-53677 vulnerability. Apache Struts is an open source software framework for building Java web applications. It allows developers to separate the application's business logic from the user interface. Due to its scalability and flexibility, Apach...

About Path Traversal – Zyxel firewall (CVE-2024-11667) vulnerability

About Path Traversal - Zyxel firewall CVE-2024-11667 vulnerability. A directory traversal vulnerability in the web management interface of Zyxel firewall could allow an attacker to download or upload files via a crafted URL. The vulnerability affects Zyxel ZLD firmware versions from 5.00 to 5.38,...

The severity of the Remote Code Execution – Microsoft SharePoint (CVE-2024-38094) vulnerability has increased

The severity of the Remote Code Execution - Microsoft SharePoint CVE-2024-38094 vulnerability has increased. It was fixed as part of the July Microsoft Patch Tuesday July 9. SharePoint is a popular platform for corporate portals. According to the Microsoft bulletin, аn authenticated attacker with...

End of CentOS Linux. Where to migrate?

Hello everyone! As you probably know, CentOS Linux, the main Enterprise-level Linux server distribution, will soon disappear. It wasnt hard to predict when RedHat acquired CentOS in 2014, and now it is actually happening. End of life of CentOS Linux 8 was 31.12.2021. There wont be CentOS Linux as...

Tracking software versions using Nessus and Splunk

Let's say you have already exported scan results from Nessus or Tenable SecurityCenter to Splunk using HTTP event connector, or in some other way. And you see that some critical software vulnerability was published. For example, this month Jira critical vulnerability. How to find out, do we have...

November “In the Trend of VM” (#21): vulnerabilities in Windows, SharePoint, Redis, XWiki, Zimbra Collaboration, and Linux

November "In the Trend of VM" 21: vulnerabilities in Windows, SharePoint, Redis, XWiki, Zimbra Collaboration, and Linux. The usual monthly roundup. After several months, here's a big one. Post on Habr rus Post on SecurityLab rus Digest on the PT website rus A total of nine vulnerabilities: RCE -...

About Remote Code Execution – Microsoft SharePoint “ToolShell” (CVE-2025-49704) vulnerability

About Remote Code Execution - Microsoft SharePoint "ToolShell" CVE-2025-49704 vulnerability. This vulnerability is from the Microsoft's July Patch Tuesday. SharePoint is a web application developed by Microsoft for corporate intranet portals, document management, and collaborative work...

About Remote Code Execution – WinRAR (CVE-2025-6218, CVE-2025-8088) vulnerabilities

About Remote Code Execution - WinRAR CVE-2025-6218, CVE-2025-8088 vulnerabilities. A crafted file path inside an archive may cause the extraction process to move into unintended directories including the Startup directories , which can result in archive extraction leading to the execution of...

May Microsoft Patch Tuesday

May Microsoft Patch Tuesday. A total of 93 vulnerabilities - about 1.5 times fewer than in April. Of these, 22 were added between the April and May MSPT. There are 5 vulnerabilities show signs of in-the-wild exploitation: EoP - Microsoft DWM Core Library CVE-2025-30400 EoP - Windows CLFS Driver...

About Elevation of Privilege – Windows Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver (CVE-2024-30085) vulnerability

About Elevation of Privilege - Windows Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver CVE-2024-30085 vulnerability. cldflt.sys is a Windows Cloud Files Mini Filter driver responsible for representing cloud-stored files and folders as if they were located on the local machine. The vulnerability in this driver,...

August Microsoft Patch Tuesday

August Microsoft Patch Tuesday. A total of 132 vulnerabilities, 20 fewer than in July. Of these, 25 were added between the July and August MSPT. Three are actively exploited, including two related to the trending SharePoint "ToolShell" flaw, exploited since July 17. RCE - Microsoft SharePoint...

About Remote Code Execution – Apache Tomcat (CVE-2025-24813) vulnerability

About Remote Code Execution - Apache Tomcat CVE-2025-24813 vulnerability. Apache Tomcat is an open-source software that provides a platform for Java web applications. The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to upload and execute arbitrary files on the server due to flaws in the handling of...

October Linux Patch Wednesday

October Linux Patch Wednesday. There are 248 vulnerabilities in total. Of these, 92 are in the Linux Kernel. 5 vulnerabilities with signs of exploitation in the wild: Remote Code Execution - CUPS CVE-2024-47176 and 4 more CUPS vulnerabilities that can also be used to enhance DoS attacks Remote Co...

VMconf 22 Vulnerability Management conference: Call For Papers started

Hello everyone! This episode will be about the VMconf 22 Vulnerability Management conference. CFP started on November 1, which will last a month and a half. So please submit your talk or share this video with someone who might be interested. Lets talk about the conference itself. All started with...

About Elevation of Privilege - Linux Kernel "Fragnesia" (CVE-2026-46300) vulnerability

About Elevation of Privilege - Linux Kernel "Fragnesia" CVE-2026-46300 vulnerability. The vulnerability was discovered by researcher William Bowling together with the V12 team. Fragnesia belongs to the class of Dirty Frag vulnerabilities. It is an error in the ESP/XFRM subsystem, distinct from...

March Linux Patch Wednesday

MarchLinux Patch Wednesday. In March, Linux vendors began addressing 575 vulnerabilities, which is 57 fewer than in February. Of these, 93 are in the Linux Kernel ⬇️ a significant decrease - there were 305 in February. There are two vulnerabilities with signs of in-the-wild exploitation: 🔻 RCE -...

About Remote Code Execution – Windows LNK File (CVE-2025-9491) vulnerability

About Remote Code Execution - Windows LNK File CVE-2025-9491 vulnerability. A vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows shortcut .LNK handling mechanism allows malicious command-line arguments to be hidden in the Target field using whitespace characters, making them invisible to standard tools...

About Remote Code Execution – 7-Zip (CVE-2025-0411) vulnerability

About Remote Code Execution - 7-Zip CVE-2025-0411 vulnerability. 7-Zip is a popular, free, open-source archiver widely used by organizations as a standard tool for managing archives. The vulnerability is a bypass of the Mark-of-the-Web mechanism. If you download and run a suspicious executable fi...

CISO Forum and the problems of Vulnerability Databases

Last Tuesday, April 24, I was at "CISO FORUM 2020: glance to the future". I presented there my report "Vulnerability Databases: sifting thousands tons of verbal ore". In this post, I'll briefly talk about this report and about the event itself. My speech was the last in the program. At the same...

Qualys new look and new products

As you all know, it's Black Hat 2017 time. This year Qualys seems to be the main newsmaker among Vulnerability Management vendors. Qualys Team renewed logo and website, updated marketing strategy, presented two new products: CloudView and CertView. I decided to take a look. Talking about design, ...

June "In the Trend of VM" (#28): Linux kernel, Microsoft Defender, and Palo Alto Networks device vulnerabilities

June "In the Trend of VM" 28: Linux kernel, Microsoft Defender, and Palo Alto Networks device vulnerabilities. Presenting the traditional monthly roundup of trending vulnerabilities according to Positive Technologies. In the previous May edition, we covered four vulnerabilities. This time, there...

About Remote Code Execution – Internet Shortcut Files (CVE-2025-33053) vulnerability

About Remote Code Execution - Internet Shortcut Files CVE-2025-33053 vulnerability. A vulnerability from the June Microsoft Patch Tuesday. This vulnerability immediately showed signs of exploitation in the wild. This flaw allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code when a victim opens a...

February Microsoft Patch Tuesday

February Microsoft Patch Tuesday. 89 CVEs, 33 added since January. Two with signs of exploitation in the wild: EoP - Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock CVE-2025-21418 EoP - Windows Storage CVE-2025-21391 There are no vulnerabilities with public exploits, but there are 7 with private...

Is it possible to detect Zero Day vulnerabilities with Vulnerability Management solutions?

Hello everyone! In my English-language telegram chat avleonovchat, the question was asked: "How to find zero day vulnerabilities with Qualys?" Apparently this question can be expanded. Not just with Qualys, but with any VM solution in general. And is it even possible? There was an interesting...

July Microsoft Patch Tuesday

July Microsoft Patch Tuesday. In the second week of July, I was on vacation in St. Petersburg. After that, I got caught up with a bunch of other tasks, so I'm only publishing this roundup now. Better late than never, especially considering how unusual this MSPT turned out to be. 😉 In total, 571...

April "In the Trend of VM" (#26): one Microsoft SharePoint vulnerability

April "In the Trend of VM" 26: one Microsoft SharePoint vulnerability. Presenting the traditional monthly roundup of trending vulnerabilities according to Positive Technologies. Once again, it is single-vendor, Microsoft-related, and this time it could not be more compact. While the previous Marc...

About Remote Code Execution - Microsoft SharePoint (CVE-2026-20963) vulnerability

About Remote Code Execution - Microsoft SharePoint CVE-2026-20963 vulnerability. This vulnerability was fixed in the January MSPT. At the time of the MSPT release on January 13, VM vendors did not highlight this vulnerability in their reviews, and Microsoft reported no evidence of exploitation in...

January “In the Trend of VM” (#23): vulnerabilities in Windows, React and MongoDB

January "In the Trend of VM" 23: vulnerabilities in Windows, React and MongoDB. Traditional monthly roundup of trending vulnerabilities. Launching the 2026 season. 🙂 🗞 Post on Habr rus 🗒 Digest on the PT website rus In total, three vulnerabilities: 🔻 EoP - Windows Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver...

About SQL Injection – Django (CVE-2025-64459) vulnerability

About SQL Injection - Django CVE-2025-64459 vulnerability. Django is a free and open-source high-level Python web framework. The vulnerability allows attackers to manipulate database query logic by injecting internal query parameters connector and negated when applications pass user-controlled...

July Linux Patch Wednesday

JulyLinux Patch Wednesday. This time, there are 470 vulnerabilities, slightly fewer than in June. Of these, 291 are in the Linux Kernel. One vulnerability shows signs of being exploited in the wild CISA KEV: SFB - Chromium CVE-2025-6554 There are also 36 vulnerabilities for which public exploits...

About Cross Site Scripting – Zimbra Collaboration (CVE-2024-27443) vulnerability

About Cross Site Scripting - Zimbra Collaboration CVE-2024-27443 vulnerability. Zimbra Collaboration is a collaboration software suite that includes a mail server and a web client. An attacker can send an email containing a specially crafted calendar header with an embedded payload. If the user...

On Monday, October 21, updates for the critical Remote Code Execution – VMware vCenter (CVE-2024-38812) vulnerability were released again

On Monday, October 21, updates for the critical Remote Code Execution - VMware vCenter CVE-2024-38812 vulnerabilitywere released again. Wait, haven't fixes for this vulnerability been available since September 17th? They were, but it was not enough. " VMware by Broadcom has determined that the...

About Cross Site Scripting - Microsoft Exchange (CVE-2026-42897) vulnerability

About Cross Site Scripting - Microsoft Exchange CVE-2026-42897 vulnerability. The vulnerability was fixed on May 14 outside the regular Microsoft Patch Tuesday cycle. Improper neutralization of input during web page generation CWE-79, XSS in Microsoft Exchange Server allows an unauthorized attack...

January Linux Patch Wednesday

JanuaryLinux Patch Wednesday. In January, Linux vendors started fixing 918 vulnerabilities, one and a half times more than in December. Of these, 616 are in the Linux Kernel. Three show signs of exploitation in the wild: 🔻 AuthBypass - GNU Inetutils telnetd CVE-2026-24061 🔻 RCE - Safari...

About Information Disclosure – MongoDB “MongoBleed” (CVE-2025-14847) vulnerability

About Information Disclosure - MongoDB "MongoBleed" CVE-2025-14847 vulnerability. MongoDB is a popular NoSQL database that stores data as JSON-like documents with an optional schema. The project is licensed under the SSPL. A flaw in MongoDB’s handling of the data length parameter during zlib...

About Cross Site Scripting – Zimbra Collaboration (CVE-2025-27915) vulnerability

About Cross Site Scripting - Zimbra Collaboration CVE-2025-27915 vulnerability. Zimbra Collaboration is a collaboration software suite, somewhat similar to Microsoft Exchange. Exploiting this vulnerability in the web mail client Classic Web Client allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute...

About Remote Code Execution – Microsoft SharePoint Server “ToolShell” (CVE-2025-53770) vulnerability

About Remote Code Execution - Microsoft SharePoint Server "ToolShell" CVE-2025-53770 vulnerability. SharePoint is a web application developed by Microsoft for corporate intranet portals, document management, and collaborative work. A flaw in the deserialization mechanism of an on-premises...

July Microsoft Patch Tuesday

July Microsoft Patch Tuesday. A total of 152 vulnerabilities - twice as many as in June. Of these, 15 vulnerabilities were added between the June and July MSPT. One vulnerability is exploited in the wild: Memory Corruption - Chromium CVE-2025-6554 One vulnerability has an exploit available on...

About Elevation of Privilege – Microsoft DWM Core Library (CVE-2025-30400) vulnerability

About Elevation of Privilege - Microsoft DWM Core Library CVE-2025-30400 vulnerability. The vulnerability, patched as part of May Microsoft Patch Tuesday, affects the Desktop Window Manager component. This is a compositing window manager that has been part of Windows since Windows Vista. Successf...

Malicious Open Source: the cost of using someone else’s code

Hello everyone! This video was recorded for the VMconf 22 Vulnerability Management conference, vmconf.pw. I will be talking about malicious open source and the cost of using someone elses code. Alternative video link for Russia: Video in Russian from CISO Forum 2022: To be honest, at the beginnin...

Zbrunk search launcher and event types statistics

I also changed the priorities. Now I think it would be better not to integrate with Grafana, but to create own dashboards and GUI. And to begin with, I created a simple interface for Searching and Deleting events. upd. 16.12.2019 A small update on Zbrunk. First of all, I created a new API call th...

Microsoft security solutions against ransomware and APT

Last Tuesday I was invited to Microsoft business breakfast "Effective protection against targeted and multilevel attacks". Here I would like to share some of my thoughts on this. Need to mention that the food was delicious and the restaurant of Russian Geographical Society is a very lovely place...

About Remote Code Execution - ViPNet Client (BDU:2026-09885) vulnerability

About Remote Code Execution - ViPNet Client BDU:2026-09885 vulnerability. The ViPNet Client software suite is designed to protect corporate users' workstations by providing secure data exchange over IP networks, controlling the network activity of applications and operating system components, and...

June Microsoft Patch Tuesday

June Microsoft Patch Tuesday. Last week I was on vacation in Veliky Novgorod, so I'm publishing this overview only now. A total of 202 vulnerabilities were addressed, approximately twice as many as in May. There are currently no vulnerabilities marked as exploited in the wild. However, there are...

About Remote Code Execution - PAN-OS (CVE-2026-0300) vulnerability

About Remote Code Execution - PAN-OS CVE-2026-0300 vulnerability. PAN-OS is an operating system for Palo Alto Networks firewalls and security platforms. User-ID™ Authentication Portal also known as Captive Portal is a non-default PAN-OS feature used to map IP addresses to usernames. By exploiting...