SSH authentication agent follows symlinks via a UNIX domain socket

Overview Older versions of SSH allow local attackers to to establish ssh sessions as the victim user without authentication. Description The text of this document was originally released on January 20, 1998, as SNI-23, developed by Secure Networks, Inc. SNI. To more widely broadcast this...

Passwords sent via SSH encrypted with RC4 can be easily cracked

Overview Passwords sent using SSH with RC4 encryption can be easily cracked by an attacker who is able to capture and replay the session. This problem occurs for three reasons: SSH sessions can be replayed, the RC4 encryption algorithm has some specific weaknesses, and the SSH daemon provides too...

Wang/Kodak Image Thumbnail ActiveX Control

Overview Description The Image Thumbnail control is incorrectly marked safe for scripting. This control is sometimes identified as from "Kodak" and other times as from "Wang". The Image Thumbnail control is one of several controls used to provide image editting services through a web site. Becaus...

McAfee Agent for Windows is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to OPENSSLDIR location

Overview McAfee Agent contains a privilege escalation vulnerability due to the use of an OPENSSLDIR variable that specifies a location where an unprivileged Windows user may be able to place files. Description CVE-2022-0166 McAfee Agent, which comes with various McAfee products such as McAfee...

Adobe ColdFusion is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to weak ACLs

Overview Adobe ColdFusion fails to properly set ACLs, which can allow an unprivileged Windows user to be able to run arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges. Description The Adobe ColdFusion installer fails to set a secure access-control list ACL on the default installation directory, such as...

MyCar Controls uses hard-coded credentials

Overview The MyCar Controls mobile applications prior to v3.4.24 on iOS and prior to v4.1.2 on Android contains hard-coded admin credentials. Description MyCar is a small aftermarket telematics unit from AutoMobility Distribution Inc. MyCar add smartphone-controlled geolocation, remote start/stop...

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...

Allround Automations PL/SQL Developer v11 performs updates over HTTP

Overview Allround Automations PL/SQL Developer version 11 checks for updates over HTTP and does not verify updates before executing commands, which may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description CWE-345: Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity - CVE-2016-2346 According to the...

IPSwitch WhatsUp Gold does not validate commands when deserializing XML objects

Overview IPSwitch WhatsUp Gold version 16.3 does not properly validate data when deserializing XML objects sent over SOAP requests. Description CWE-502: Deserialization of Untrusted Data - CVE-2015-8261 WhatsUp Gold version 16.3 contains a SOAP request handler named DroneDeleteOldMeasurements...

Virtual Machine Monitors (VMM) contain a memory deduplication vulnerability

Overview Multiple vendors' implementations of Virtual Machine Monitors VMM are vulnerable to a memory deduplication attack. Description As reported in the "Cross-VM ASL INtrospection CAIN" paper, an attacker with basic user rights within the attacking Virtual Machine VM can leverage memory...

Impero Education Pro classroom management software vulnerable to remote code execution

Overview Impero Software Education Pro classroom management software is vulnerable to remote code execution via improper encryption and authentication mechanisms. Description CWE-321: Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic KeyCWE-329: Not Using a Random IV with CBC Mode - CVE-2015-5997 According to the...

Vesta Control Panel is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery

Overview Vesta Control Panel is vulnerable to a cross-site request forgery CSRF attack. Description CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery CSRF- CVE-2015-2861Vesta Control Panel contains a cross-site request forgery CSRF vulnerability. An attacker can perform actions with the same permissions as a...

Multicast DNS (mDNS) implementations may respond to unicast queries originating outside the local link

Overview Multicast DNS implementations may respond to unicast queries that originate from sources outside of the local link network. Such responses may disclose information about network devices or be used in denial-of-service DoS amplification attacks. Description Multicast DNS mDNS is a way for...

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...

Dell ML6000 and Quantum Scalar i500 tape backup system command injection vulnerability

Overview Dell ML6000 and Quantum Scalar i500 tape backup system contain a command injection vulnerability. Description CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command 'OS Command Injection'Dell's and Quantum's advisories state the following: The tape library's remote use...

Wave EMBASSY Remote Administration Server SQL injection vulnerabilities

Overview The Wave EMBASSY Remote Administration Server ERAS contains the ERAS Help Desk application that fails to filter user input allowing for the exploitation of SQL injection vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities may allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute procedures or SQL queries...

IBM QRadar SIEM command injection vulnerability

Overview IBM QRadar SIEM software contains a command injection vulnerability that allows an authenticated user to execute operating system commands on the QRadar device. Description The IBM security bulletin for CVE-2013-2970 states:A command injection vulnerability has been discovered within the...

C2 WebResource web interface XSS vulnerability

Overview The C2 WebResource web interface contains a XSS vulnerability. Description CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation 'Cross-site Scripting'The C2 WebResource web interface is vulnerable to XSS on the following URL and parameter:...

Microsoft Internet Explorer data binding memory corruption vulnerability

Overview Microsoft Internet Explorer contains an invalid pointer vulnerability in its data binding code, which can allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Microsoft Internet Explorer contains an invalid pointer vulnerability in its da...

Online Media Technologies NCTSoft NCTAudioInformation2 ActiveX stack buffer overflows

Overview The Online Media Technologies NCTSoft NCTAudioInformation2 ActiveX control contains multiple stack buffer overflows, which may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Online Media Technologies, which was formerly known as NCT...

PHP path translation vulnerability

Overview PHP contains a path translation vulnerability that may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description PHP is a scripting language that is designed for web-based applications and can be imbedded directly into HTML.PHP versions prior to 5.2.6 contain a path translation...

Aurigma ImageUploader ActiveX control stack buffer overflows

Overview The Aurigma ImageUploader ActiveX control contains multiple stack buffer overflow vulnerabilities, which may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Aurigma ImageUploader is an ActiveX control that provides the ability to upload pictures usin...

Adobe Flash Player asfunction protocol may enable cross-site scripting

Overview The Adobe Flash player asfunction protocol could allow an attacker to conduct cross-site scripting attacks on websites that host vulnerable Flash files. Description The Adobe Flash Player is a player for the Flash media format and enables frame-based animations and multimedia to be viewe...

Mortbay Jetty vulnerable to HTTP response splitting

Overview Mortbay Jetty is vulnerable to HTTP response splitting, which may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to inject various HTTP headers Description Mortbay Jetty is a web server that is written in Java. Jetty fails to properly handle HTTP headers with CRLF sequences, which can allow an...

Apple Mac OS X CoreText uninitialized pointer vulnerability

Overview Apple Mac OS X CoreText contains an uninitialized pointer vulnerability, which may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Apple Mac OS X CoreText is a framework for handling text on Mac OS X Tiger 10.4 and later. Mac OS X...

Mozilla XUL web applications may hide the titlebar

Overview Mozilla's XUL contains a vulnerability that may allow a web application to cover an active window's titlebar. Description XUL is Mozilla's XML-based user interface language. XUL can be used to create Mozilla applications, extensions, and web applications.From Mozilla Foundation Security...

Intuit QuickBooks Online Edition ActiveX control stack buffer overflows

Overview The Intuit QuickBooks Online Edition ActiveX control contains multiple stack buffer overflows, which may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Intuit QuickBooks Online Edition is a version of QuickBooks that functions withi...

MIT Kerberos 5 kadmind buffer overflow vulnerability

Overview An unspecified vulnerability in MIT Kerberos kadmind server may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description Kerberos is a network authentication system that uses a trusted third party to authenticate clients and servers to each other. It is designed to provide strong...

E-Book Systems FlipViewer ActiveX control stack buffer overflows

Overview The E-Book Systems FlipViewer ActiveX control contains multiple stack buffer overflows, which can allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description E-Book Systems FlipViewer is software for viewing "FlipBooks." FlipViewer includes an...

Cisco PIX and ASA authentication bypass vulnerability

Overview The Cisco ASA and PIX firewalls contain an authentication bypass vulnerability. This vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to the internal network or firewall. Description The Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance ASA is firewall that includes routing and...

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator and ProtectionPilot ActiveX control buffer overflow vulnerability

Overview A vulnerability in an ActiveX control provided with the McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator and ProtectionPilot software could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected system. Description The McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator and ProtectionPilot are applications that are design...

Linux Kernel vulnerable to DoS via the ipv6_getsockopt_sticky() function

Overview The Linux Kernel contains a vulnerability that may allow a remote attacker to create a denial-of-service condition. Description Internet Protocol version 6 IPv6 is a IP standard that is designed to replace the Internet Protocol version 4 IPv4. The Linux kernel provides IPv6 support, and...

Microsoft Windows fails to properly handle malformed OLE objects embedded in RTF documents

Overview A vulnerability in the way that Microsoft Windows handles OLE objects embedded within RTF documents may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description Microsoft Object Linking and Embedding OLE is a technology that allows applications to create and edit compound documents...

Microsoft Outlook fails to properly parse Office Saved Searches (.oss) files

Overview A vulnerability exists in the way Microsoft Outlook handles Office Saved Searches .oss. This vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description Office Saved Searches .oss contain views of e-mail items that satisfy previous search criteria.Microsoft Outlook...

Microsoft Excel fails to properly handle malformed IMDATA records

Overview A vulnerability in the way that Microsoft Excel handles malformed image records could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Microsoft Excel fails to properly validate the size of IMDATA records. When a file containing a malformed IMDATA record is...

ICONICS Dialog Wrapper Module ActiveX control vulnerable to buffer overflow

Overview ICONICS Dialog Wrapper Module ActiveX control contains a buffer overflow. This vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description OLE for Process Control OPC is a specification for a standard set of OLE COM objects for use in the proce...

Sky Software FileView ActiveX control buffer overflow vulnerability

Overview The Sky Software FileView ActiveX control contains a buffer overflow vulnerability, which may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description The Sky Software FileView object is an ActiveX control that is provided with several...

Apple kernel exception handling vulnerability

Overview Apple Mac OS X may be vulnerable to privilege escalation via the Mach exception ports in the kernel. This vulnerability may allow a local user to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. Description Mach 3.0 is an open source microkernel used by Mac OS X that provides memory...

gzip NULL dereference in huft_build()

Overview The gzip program contains a null dereference vulnerability that may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or create a denial-of-service condition. Description The gzip program is used to compress and decompress archived files. A null dereference vulnerability exists in gzip. An...

Apple Mac OS X Image RAW vulnerable to buffer overflow via specially crafted Canon RAW image

Overview The Apple Mac OS X ImageIO framework contains a buffer overflow that may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected system. Description RAW image files provide access to image information directly from a camera's sensor prior to in-camera processing, retaining the...

Mozilla privilege escalation using addSelectionListener

Overview A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Mozilla addSelectionListener method. This may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description addSelectionListener Web content can add a SelectionListener to the Selection object by using addSelectionListener method of the...

Mozilla products vulnerable to privilege escalation via XBL.method.eval

Overview A vulnerability in the way Mozilla products and derivative programs handle certain XBL methods could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description The Mozilla browser and derived products include support for the Extensible Bindings Language XBL, a...

RealNetworks products vulnerable to buffer overflow via specially crafted MBC file

Overview Numerous RealNetworks products are vulnerable to a buffer overflow that may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description RealNetworks RealPlayer RealNetworks RealPlayer is a multimedia application that allows users to view local and remote...

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...

Microsoft Windows buffer overflow in Enhanced Metafile rendering API

Overview Microsoft Windows Enhanced Metafile Format image rendering routines contain a buffer overflow flaw that may allow an attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition. Description Microsoft describes the Enhanced Metafile Format EMF as the following:An EMF image is a 32-bit format that can...

Snort Back Orifice preprocessor buffer overflow

Overview A buffer overflow exists in the Snort Back Orifice preprocessor that may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code, possibly with elevated privileges. Description Snort is an open-source intrusion detection system IDS. A lack of validation on attacker-controlled...

MIT Kerberos 5 allows unauthenticated attacker to cause MIT krb5 Key Distribution Center to free unallocated memory

Overview An unauthenticated attacker can cause MIT krb5 Key Distribution Center KDC to free unallocated memory, possibly leading to arbitrary code execution. Description Kerberos is a network authentication system which uses a trusted third party a KDC to authenticate clients and servers to each...

Apple Mac OS X chpass/chfn/chsh utilities do not properly validate external programs

Overview Apple Mac OS X Directory Service utilities use external programs insecurely, potentially allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description The OS X Directory Services have three utilities chpass, chfn, and chsh to update information in the user database, such as user name,...

Gaim vulnerable to malformed SNAC packet infinite processing loop

Overview Gaim contains a flaw in the processing of certain packets that may cause a denial of service. Description From the Gaim project:Gaim is a multi-protocol instant messaging IM client for Linux, BSD, MacOS X, and Windows. It is compatible with AIM and ICQ Oscar protocol, MSN Messenger,...

Microsoft Internet Explorer HTML Help control bypasses Local Machine Zone Lockdown

Overview The Microsoft Internet Explorer HTML Help ActiveX control is not restricted by the Local Machine Zone Lockdown feature. This can allow an attacker to execute script in the Local Machine Zone. Description Windows XP SP2 introduces a feature called Local Machine Zone Lockdown. This feature...