Apple Safari automatically executes arbitrary shell commands or code

Overview Apple Safari fails to properly determine file safety, allowing a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands or code. Description Safari Apple Safari is a web browser that comes with the Mac OS X operating system. Explicit binding Mac OS X supports a feature called...

Microsoft Windows Media Player plug-in buffer overflow

Overview The Microsoft Windows Media Player plug-in for browsers other than Internet Explorer contains a buffer overflow, which may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description Windows Media Player Windows Media Player is a multimedia application that comes with Microsoft Window...

Microsoft Windows Media Player vulnerable to buffer overflow in bitmap processing routine

Overview Microsoft Windows Media Player contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Microsoft Windows Media Player WMP is an application that ships with Microsoft Windows systems used to...

Mozilla-based products fail to validate user input to the attribute name in "XULDocument.persist"

Overview A vulnerability in some Mozilla products that could allow a remote attacker to execute Javascript commands with the permissions of the user running the affected application. Description According to the Mozilla advisory on this issue:XULDocument.persist did not validate the attribute nam...

Microsoft Internet Explorer does not honor ActiveX kill bit

Overview Internet Explorer fails to properly check the kill bit for ActiveX controls, which may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Microsoft COMMicrosoft COM is a technology that allows programmers to create reusable software components that can ...

Apple QuickTime and iTunes QTIF image buffer overflow

Overview Apple QuickTime contains a heap-based buffer overflow that may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition. Description Apple QuickTime fails to properly validate QuickTime Images QTIF, potentially allowing a heap-based buffer overflow to occur. If ...

Multiple vulnerabilities in Internet Key Exchange (IKE) version 1 implementations

Overview Numerous vulnerabilities have been reported in various Internet Key Exchange version 1 IKEv1 implementations. The impacts of these vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, cause a denial-of-service condition, or cause an IKEv1 implementation to behave in an...

Microsoft DDS Library Shape Control (msdds.dll) COM object contains an unspecified vulnerability

Overview Microsoft DDS Library Shape Control COM object contains an unspecified vulnerability, which may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Microsoft COMMicrosoft COM is a technology that allows programmers to create reusable software components...

Microsoft Server Message Block vulnerable to buffer overflow

Overview Microsoft Server Message Block SMB is vulnerable to a buffer handling flaw when processing incoming SMB packets that may lead to remote code execution. Description Server Message Block is a protocol which allows sharing of files, printers, serial ports, and other abstractions. The SMB...

Adobe Acrobat and Acrobat Reader vulnerable to information disclosure via "LoadFile()" method in ActiveX control

Overview Adobe Acrobat Reader and Acrobat web control contain a flaw that allows the existence of local files to be discovered. Description The Adobe Acrobat Internet Explorer ActiveX web control may disclose the existence of local files if the LoadFile method is called with the complete file nam...

Multiple Telnet Clients vulnerable to buffer overflow via the env_opt_add() function in telnet.c

Overview Multiple Telnet clients contain a data length validation flaw that may allow a malicious server to execute arbitrary code on the client host with privs of client. Description The Telnet network protocol is described in RFC854 and RFC855 as a general, bi-directional communications facilit...

Squid fails to parse empty access control lists correctly

Overview The Squid web proxy cache may fail to handle empty Access Control Lists ACLs in the intended manner. Description Squid functions as a web proxy and cache application for a number of protocols. However, Squid Access Control List ACL routines may not parse an empty list as intended. An emp...

Juniper JunOS Routing Engine MPLS denial of service

Overview Juniper routers will become severely disrupted when attacked with specially-crafted MPLS packets. Description Juniper routers running JUNOS have a vulnerability in which specially-crafted MPLS packets can cause normal operation of affected routers to be severely disrupted.According to...

isakmpd crashes when handling ISAKMP packets with malformed "Security Association Payload"

Overview A vulnerability exists in the isakmpd that could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service. Description The OpenBSD isakmpd establishes security associations for encrypted and authenticated IPsec network traffic. It implements the Internet Security Association and Key Manageme...

Gaim fails to properly validate the "name" parameter in the Yahoo login webpage

Overview There is a buffer overflow vulnerability in the way the Gaim yahoologinpagehash function parses the "name" parameter in the Yahoo login webpage. Description Gaim is a multi-protocol instant messenger available for a number of operating systems. It supports a variety of instant messaging...

BEA WebLogic Server allows unauthorized removal of EJB objects

Overview There is a vulnerability in the BEA WebLogic Server that could allow the unauthorized removal of an Enterprise JavaBean EJB. Description BEA Systems describes WebLogic Server as "an industrial-strength application infrastructure for developing, integrating, securing, and managing...

Microsoft Windows Virtual DOS Machine (VDM) contains null pointer dereference

Overview Microsoft Windows NT4.0 and Windows 2000 contain a vulnerability that could permit a local user to gain elevated privileges on the system. Description Microsoft Windows NT4.0 and Windows 2000 provide an Virtual DOS Machine VDM to support 16-bit legacy operations and applications. A...

Oracle Application Server Web Cache contains heap overflow vulnerability

Overview Oracle Application Server Web Cache contains a heap overflow vulnerability in the handling of client requests that could result in arbitrary code execution. Description The Oracle Web Cache acts as a reverse proxy, caching static and dynamic content generated from Oracle Application web...

Apple Mac OS X "cd9660.util" buffer overflow

Overview A component utility in Apple's Mac OS X operating system suffers from a buffer overflow vulnerability in its handling of command-line arguments. This vulnerability could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the vulnerable system. Description Apple's Mac OS X operating...

Check Point ISAKMP vulnerable to buffer overflow via Certificate Request

Overview A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol ISAKMP implementation used in Check Point VPN-1, SecuRemote, and SecureClient products. An unauthenticated, remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the ISAK...

Sun Solstice AdminSuite ships with insecure default configuration

Overview The sadmind service provided on many Solaris and SunOS systems ships with an insecure default configuration that allows remote users to execute arbitrary commands with superuser root privileges. Description The Sun Microsystems Solstice AdminSuite is a graphical tool that allows Solaris...

Weaknesses in MIT magic cookie and XDM X Windows authorization

Overview MIT magic cookie and XDM authorization contain vulnerabilities that could allow remote attackers to connect to X displays. Description Two widely used X Window System authorization schemes have weaknesses in their sample implementations. MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 On some systems built without t...

Microsoft Internet Explorer allows read access to local files via incorrect VBScript handling

Overview A vulnerability in the cross-domain frame security model of Internet Explorer may allow remote attackers to view the contents of local files when a user views a malicious web page. Description There's a vulnerability in the cross-domain frame security model of Internet Explorer that may...

Novell Netware RCONAG6 fails to validate user password when "Secure IP" is used to establish connection

Overview Novell Netware RCONAG6 allows users to gain access to the server without a password. Description Novell Netware RCONAG6 allows users to remotely administer a Novell host. A vulnerability in RCONAG6 makes it possible for a remote user to connect to the server without supplying a password...

Microsoft Windows SQL Server allows arbitrary queries to be executed via "xp_execresultset" extended procedure

Overview MS SQL Server contains an extended stored procedure with inappropriate permission settings. Description Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 and Microsoft SQL Server 2000 contain an extended stored procedure, xpexecresultset , that permits an unprivileged user of a database to gain administrative...

Microsoft Windows SQL Server allows arbitrary queries to be executed via "xp_displayparamstmt" extended procedure

Overview MS SQL Server contains an extended stored procedure with inappropriate permission settings. Description Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 and Microsoft SQL Server 2000 contain an extended stored procedure, xpdisplayparamstmt , that permits an unprivileged user of a database to gain administrative...

Cisco CallManager contains memory leak

Overview The Cisco Call Manager contains a vulnerability that could permit an intruder to crash the Call Manager. Description The Cisco Call Manageris software to manage telephone calls in a mixed data and voice environment. Specifically the Cisco Call Manager "extends enterprise telephony featur...

Microsoft SQL Server contains buffer overflow in code used to process "BULK INSERT" queries

Overview The Microsoft SQL Server contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with system privileges. Description The Microsoft SQL Server contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the code used to process "Bulk Insert" queries. Bulk Insert...

Yahoo! Messenger is vulnerable to DoS via multiple messages from spoofed names

Overview Yahoo! Messenger is an instant messaging client. A report indicates that there is a vulnerability that permits an attacker to spoof the source user name of a Yahoo! Messenger message. Description Yahoo! Messenger permits a user to place users on an ignore list. A vulnerability exists tha...

Cisco IOS discloses fragments of previous packets when Express Forwarding is enabled

Overview A vulnerability exists in multiple versions of Cisco's Internetworking Operating System IOS software that allows an attacker to collect fragments of previously processed packets. Description Many networking devices running Cisco IOS with Cisco Express Forwarding CEF enabled contain a...

Oracle9i Application Server Apache PL/SQL module vulnerable to buffer overflow via HTTP Authorization header

Overview A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Apache Procedural Language/Structured Query Language PL/SQL module used by Oracle9i Application Server iAS. An HTTP Authorization header with a crafted password parameter could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause a denial of...

Microsoft Internet Explorer HTML rendering engine contains buffer overflow processing SRC attribute of HTML <EMBED> directive

Overview The Microsoft Internet Explorer HTML rendering engine contains a vulnerability in its handling of the SRC attribute of the HTML directive. An attacker who is able to convince a user to read a malicious HTML file may be able to crash Internt Explorer or execute arbitrary code with the...

iPlanet Web Server and Netscape Enterprise Server Web Publisher commands allow directory enumeration

Overview A vulnerability exists in iPlanet Web Server and Netscape Enterprise Server in which Web Publisher commands can be used to obtain directory listings. Description iPlanet Web Server and Netscape Enterprise Server permit unauthenticated remote users to enumerate server directories via Web...

Solaris rpc.yppasswdd does not adequately check input allowing users to execute arbitrary code

Overview A remotely exploitable buffer overflow exists in the 'rpc.yppasswd' service on Solaris 2.6, 2.7, and 2.8. Description Network Information Service NIS provides a simple network lookup service consisting of databases and processes. Its purpose is to provide information, that has to be know...

glibc unsetenv fails to properly handle environment variables passed more than once to a program

Overview The glibc implementation of unsetenv fails to properly remove one of two successive occurrences of the same environment variable if the variable is redundently passed to a program. Description The glibc implementation of unsetenv, if called to remove an environment variable that occurs t...

MS ActiveMovieControl Object downloads arbitrary files

Overview Description This vulnerability is actually the same as the Cache Bypass issue described in VU38950. This document is provided for people looking for information based on publicly available exploits using the Active Movie control. The flaw is not in the Active Movie control per se, but...

Denial of Service Attack in NetBIOS Services

Overview The NetBIOS Name Service NBNS provides a means for hostname and address mapping on a NetBIOS-aware network. The NetBIOS over TCP/IP protocols including NBNS are described in the Internet Engineering Task Force IETF Request for Comments RFC1001 and RFC1002. These protocols do not specify ...

Vulnerabilities in TP-Link routers, WR710N-V1-151022 and Archer C5 V2

Overview TP-Link router WR710N-V1-151022 running firmware published 2015-10-22 and Archer-C5-V2-160201 running firmware published 2016-02-01 are susceptible to two vulnerabilities: 1. A buffer overflow during HTTP Basic Authentication allowing a remote attacker to corrupt memory allocated on a he...

Synology NAS servers contain insecure default credentials

Overview Synology NAS servers DS107, DS116, and DS213, use default credentials. Description CWE-255: Credentials Management - CVE-2016-6554Synology NAS servers DS107, firmware version 3.1-1639 and prior, and DS116, DS213, firmware versions prior to 5.2-5644-1, use non-random default credentials o...

MatrixSSL contains multiple vulnerabilities

Overview MatrixSSL, version 3.8.5 and earlier, contains heap overflow, out-of-bounds read, and unallocated memory free operation vulnerabilities. Description CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow - CVE-2016-6890The Subject Alt Name field of X.509 certificates is not properly parsed. A specially...

Objective Systems ASN1C generates code that contains a heap overflow vulnerability

Overview ASN.1 is a standard representation of data for networking and telecommunications applications. Objective System's ASN1C compiler generates C and C++ code that may be vulnerable to heap overflow. Description CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow - CVE-2016-5080ASN1C is used to generate...

Acer Portal app for Android does not properly validate SSL certificates

Overview The Acer Portal app for Android allows customers to connect to the Acer Cloud. The Acer Portal app, from version 3.9.3.2003 to 3.9.3.2006, does not properly validate SSL certificates when connecting to the Acer Cloud. Description CVE-2016-5648 - CWE-295: Improper Certificate Validation T...

GNU Wget creates arbitrary symbolic links during recursive FTP download

Overview GNU wget allows arbitrary filesystem access when creating symbolic links during a recursive FTP download. This allows an attacker to overwrite files with the permissions of the user running wget. Description CWE-59:CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access 'Link Following' Wget...

Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) fails to properly verify RSA signatures

Overview The Mozilla Network Security Services NSS library fails to properly verify RSA signatures due to incorrect ASN.1 parsing of DigestInfo. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to forge a RSA signature, such as a SSL certificate. Description CWE-295: Improper Certificate Validation RSA...

Raritian PX power distribution software is vulnerable to the cipher zero attack.

Overview Raritan PX power distribution software version 01.05.08 and previous running on a model DPXR20A-16 device allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary IPMI commands by using cipher suite 0 aka cipher zero and an arbitrary password. Description CWE-287: Improper...

Ignite Realtime Smack XMPP API contains multiple vulnerabilities

Overview Ignite Realtime's Smack XMPP API ServerTrustManger trusts unauthorized SSL certificates CWE-358 and IQ requests do not verify the from attribute allowing anyone to spoof IQ responses. CWE-345 Description CWE-358:Improperly Implemented Security Check for Standard- CVE-2014-0363 The...

Belkin Wemo Home Automation devices contain multiple vulnerabilities

Overview Belkin Wemo Home Automation devices contain multiple vulnerabilities. Description CWE-321: Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key -CVE-2013-6952 Belkin Wemo Home Automation firmware contains a hard-coded cryptographic key and password. An attacker may be able to extract the key and password...

Fortinet FortiOS 5.0.5 contains a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Overview Fortinet FortiOS 5.0.5, and possibly earlier versions, contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability. CWE-79 Description CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation 'Cross-site Scripting' Fortinet FortiOS 5.0.5, and possibly earlier versions, contains a cross-site...

SAP Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise vulnerable to XML injection

Overview SAP Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise Version 15.7 ESD 2 and possibly earlier versions contains an XML injection vulnerability CWE-91. Description CWE-611:Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference 'XXE' SAP Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise ASE Version 15.7 ESD 2 contains an...

HR Systems Strategies info:HR HRIS allows read access to weakly obfuscated shared database password

Overview HR Systems Strategies info:HR HRIS 7.9 and possibly earlier versions allow read access to a weakly obfuscated database password. This password is shared by all clients within an info:HR site. A local attacker can decipher the password and gain complete control of the database and...