Microsoft Internet Explorer download dialog may not display complete filenames

Overview There is a vulnerability in the download dialog box in Internet Explorer versions 5.5 and 6.0. The vulnerability allows an attacker to mislead users, causing them to inadvertently execute arbitrary code on the user's system. Description When downloading files included in web pages, users...

Syskey reuses keystream

Overview Versions of SYSKEY in use prior to December, 1999 leave the SAM database vulnerable to cryptanalytic attacks. Description SYSKEY is a utility introduced in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 service pack 3 to provide strong cryptographic protection to the SAM password database. The protection SYSK...

IBM AIX line printer daemon contains a buffer overflow in chk_fhost()

Overview The Line Printer daemon lpd shipped with AIX systems contains a buffer overflow in chkfhost that potentially allow a malicious remote user to gain root privileges. Description A buffer overflow exists in the chkfhost function of the line printer daemon lpd on AIX systems. An intruder cou...

Common Desktop Environment (CDE) ToolTalk RPC Server rpc.ttdbserverd contains format string vulnerability

Overview A vulnerability exists in CDE ToolTalk that may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. Description Internet Security Systems ISS X-Force has discovered a format string vulnerability in the Common Desktop Environment CDE ToolTalk Remote Procedure Call RPC...

ISC inn creates temporary files insecurely

Overview inn, a network news agent, may be configured on some operating systems to use a publically-writeable directory for its temporary files. This may be exploited to gain access to the news account. Description inn is distributed on a variety of Linux platforms. The program is written under t...

Microsoft Windows 2000 Telnet Service contains handle leak

Overview The Microsoft Windows 2000 Telnet Service contains a denial-of-service vulnerability that allows remote attackers to disrupt the telnet service on affected servers. Description The Microsoft Windows 2000 Telnet Service contains a resource starvation vulnerability that prevents the server...

Multiple intrusion detection systems may be circumvented via %u encoding

Overview Multiple intrusion detection systems may be circumvented via %u encoding allowing intruders to launch attacks undetected. Description Most intrusion detection systems are capable of decoding URLs that are encoded using either the "UTF" or "hex-encode" encoding schemes. Microsoft's...

Apache Tomcat vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting via passing of user input directly to default error page

Overview Web Servers that use the Apache Tomcat Java Servlet Container are vulnerable to a cross-site scripting vulnerability. A web site may inadvertently include malicious HTML tags or scriptJavaScript, VBScript, Java, etc. in a dynamically generated page based on unvalidated input from...

Internet Explorer DHTML"Download Behavior" can be tricked into exposing local files

Overview The download behavior of Internet Explorer 5.0 can be used to perform arbitrary operations on local files. Description Internet Explorer 5.0 includes a dynamic HTML DHTML behavior called "download behavior." A "behavior" is a software object that specifies some behavior of a web page...

AT&T WinVNC allows user access to passwords and configuration via weak registry permissions

Overview The default installation of WinVNC on certain Microsoft Windows systems permits unauthenticated access to the WinVNC service. Description AT&T WinVNC is a free package available from AT&T Labs Cambridge that allows an existing desktop of a PC to be available on the desktop of a remote...

Sun Solaris SNMP proxy agent /opt/SUNWssp/bin/snmpd contains buffer overflow

Overview The SNMP proxy agent on certain large Solaris systems contains a buffer overflow. It may be possible, though it is unconfirmed, that an intruder could use this flaw to execute code with root privileges. Description The Sun Enterprise 10000 is monitored and controlled by a systems called ...

Wang/Kodak Image Admin ActiveX Control

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

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...

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...

Pixar Tractor contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability

Overview Pixar's Tractor network rendering software is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting which may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript. Description Pixar's Tractor software, versions 2.2 and earlier, contain a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability CWE-79 in the field tha...

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles UConnect allows a vehicle to be remotely controlled

Overview Fiat Chrysler Automobiles FCA UConnect may allow a remote attacker to control physical vehicle functions. Description According to a WIRED news article, an unknown vulnerability in FCA UConnect software allows some functions of recent models of Jeep Cherokee to be controlled by a remote...

Toshiba CHEC contains a hard-coded cryptographic key

Overview Toshiba CHEC, versions 6.6, 6.7, and possibly earlier, contain a hard-coded cryptographic key. Description CWE-321: Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key - CVE-2014-4875Toshiba CHEC, versions 6.6, 6.7, and possibly earlier, contain a hard-coded cryptographic key in the...

Aptexx Resident Anywhere exposes sensitive account information

Overview Aptexx Resident Anywhere does not require authentication to view and modify sensitive information contained in direct account and payment URLs, which can be leveraged to bypass authentication and access user accounts. Description CWE-288:Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or...

Cobham Sailor satellite terminals contain hardcoded credentials

Overview Cobham Sailor 900 and 6000 series satellite terminals contain hardcoded credentials. Description CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials IOActive reports that Cobham Sailor 900 and 6000 series satellite communication terminals running firmware version: 1.08 MFHF / 2.11 VHF contain hardcod...

L3 CPU shared cache architecture is susceptible to a Flush+Reload side-channel attack

Overview L3 CPU shared cache architecture is susceptible to a Flush+Reload side-channel attack, resulting in information leakage. allowing a local attacker to derive the contents of memory not belonging to the attacker. Description Common L3 CPU shared cache architecture is susceptible to a...

IBM Power 5 Service Processor privilege escalation vulnerability

Overview IBM Power 5 Service Processor contain a vulnerability which could allow an attacker to operate with elevated privileges. Description IBM's security advisory states, "A security issue has been identified on IBM Power 5 Systems such that the firewall code does not get executed in certain...

Vanilla Forums version 2.1.a26 contains a parameter manipulation vulnerability

Overview Vanilla Forums version 2.1.a26 and possibly other versions is vulnerable to parameter manipulation via the "edit profile" page of authenticated users. Description CWE-280: Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or PrivilegesVanilla Forums version 2.1.a26 and possibly other version...

Cerberus FTP Server web interface cross-site request forgery vulnerability

Overview The Cerberus FTP Server web interface contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability Description CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery CSRF: The Cerberus FTP Server web interface is vulnerable to CSRF using the HTTP POST method in the :10000/usermanager/users/modify. The application h...

F5 Networks ASM appliance contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability

Overview F5 Networks ASM appliance versions 10.0.0 through 11.2.0 HF2 are susceptible to a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the traffic overview page. Description A cross-site scripting XSS CWE-79 vulnerability exists in the traffic overview page. By sending several malicious requests, an...

Xelex Technologies MobileTrack contains multiple vulnerabilities

Overview Xelex Technologies' MobileTrack application has been reported to not verify the source of administrative SMS commands. An unauthenticated remote attacker can send commands over SMS to MobileTrack. User data is also exposed on an insecure FTP server account. Description The website for...

UTC Fire & Security Master Clock contains hardcoded default administrator login credentials

Overview UTC Fire & Security GE-MC100-NTP/GPS-ZB Master Clock have default administrator login credentials that can not be modified by an administrator. Description UTC Fire & Security GE-MC100-NTP/GPS-ZB Master Clock via Zigbee can sync up to 60,000 slave clocks located throughout a campus-area...

Microsoft Windows UDP packet parsing vulnerability

Overview A vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows TCP/IP stack could allow an attacker to run arbitrary code in kernel mode or cause a denial-of-service. Description Microsoft Windows contains a TCP/IP stack used to process network packets for the operating system. This component contains a...

Mercator SENTINEL SQL injection allows authentication bypass

Overview Mercator SENTINEL contains an SQL injection vulnerability that could allow an attacker to bypass authentication and access the system with administrative privileges. Description Mercator SENTINEL is a flight safety management system. The login form of the web interface contains an SQL...

Microsoft Office uninitialized object pointer vulnerability

Overview Microsoft Office fails to properly handle certain Word documents, which may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description Code in the MSO.dll component of Microsoft Office 2003, 2007, and 2010 fails to properly initialize an object pointer when loading...

Adobe Shockwave 11.5.9.615 contains multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities

Overview Adobe Shockwave Player 11.5.9.615 and earlier versions on the Windows and Macintosh operating systems contain critical vulnerabilities that can allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Adobe Macromedia Shockwave Player is...

ISC DHCP server DHCPv6 decline message processing vulnerability

Overview ISC DHCPv6 versions 4.0.x - 4.2.x are susceptible to a denial-of-service vulnerability. Description The ISC Advisory states:"When the DHCPv6 server code processes a message for an address that was previously declined and internally tagged as abandoned it can trigger an assert failure...

Adobe Reader contains multiple vulnerabilities in the processing of JPX data

Overview Adobe Reader and Acrobat contain multiple vulnerabilities that may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description Adobe Acrobat Reader is software designed to view Portable Document Format PDF files. Adobe also distributes the Adobe Acrobat Plug-In to allow users to view PDF...

Linksys WVC54GC NetCamPlayerWeb11gv2 ActiveX control stack buffer overflow

Overview The Linksys WVC54GC NetCamPlayerWeb11gv2 ActiveX control contains a stack buffer overflow, which may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description The Linksys WVC54GC wireless video camera provides an ActiveX control called...

Apple Safari vulnerable to xss via the processing of JavaScript URLs

Overview A vulnerability in the way Apple Safari handles JavaScript URLs may allow execution of JavaScript in the context of another site. Description Apple Safari contains a vulnerability that may cause a cross-site script injection when processing JavaScript URLs. According to Apple Security...

GE Fanuc Proficy Information Portal transmits authentication credentials in plain text

Overview GE Fanuc Proficy Information Portal can transmit authentication credentials in plain text. An attacker could monitor traffic, obtain valid credentials, and gain access to the portal. Description GE Fanuc Proficy Information Portal is a web-based systems reporting tool often used to...

AOL Radio AOLMediaPlaybackControl.exe stack buffer overflow

Overview The AOL AOLMediaPlaybackControl application contains a stack buffer overflow, which may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description AOL Radio includes several ActiveX controls to stream audio in web pages. The AOL AmpX and...

Apple QuickTime heap buffer overflow vulnerability

Overview Apple QuickTime contains a buffer overflow vulnerability. If exploited, this vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute code. Description Apple QuickTime is a media player that includes a browser plugin. Color table atoms can set a list of preferred colors for displaying movieson...

MIT Kerberos 5 kadmind privilege escalation vulnerability

Overview MIT Kerberos kadmind contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that may allow an authenticated attacker to execute code with root privileges. Description Kerberos is a network authentication system that uses a trusted third party to authenticate clients and servers to each other. It ...

Microsoft Windows Vista Feed Headlines Gadget vulnerability

Overview The Windows Vista Feed Headlines gadget contains a vulnerability that may allow and attacker to execute code. Description From Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-048:Gadgets are mini-applications designed to provide the user with information or utilities. Windows Vista treats gadgets simil...

Motive Communications ActiveUtils EmailData ActiveX control stack buffer overflows

Overview The Motive Communications ActiveUtils EmailData ActiveX control contains multiple stack buffer overflows, which could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Motive Communications ActiveUtils is a software package used by multiple ISPs to provide...

Atheros wireless network drivers may fail to properly handle malformed frames

Overview Atheros wireless drivers fail to properly handle malformed wireless frames. This vulnerability may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to create a denial-of-service condition. Description Some versions of the Microsoft Windows drivers for Atheros 802.11 a/b/g wireless adapters fail ...

Mozilla Firefox URI filtering vulnerability

Overview Mozilla Firefox does not filter input when sending certain URIs to registered protocol handlers. This may allow a remote, authenticated attacker to use Firefox as a vector for executing commands on a vulnerable system. Description A Uniform Resource Identifier URI is a string of characte...

RealNetworks players SMIL "wallclock" buffer overflow

Overview A buffer overflow in RealNetworks media players could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected system. Description The RealNetworks RealPlayer and Helix Player applications allow users to view local and remote audio and video content. These players support multipl...

Apple Mac OS X iChat UPnP buffer overflow

Overview A vulnerabilty in the way Apple Mac OS X iChat handles specially crafted UPnP packets may allow execution of arbitrary code or denial of service. Description Apple iChat contains a vulnerability that could be exploited by an attacker on the local network when it attempts to handle...

Research In Motion TeamOn Import Object ActiveX control buffer overflow

Overview The Research In Motion TeamOn Import Object ActiveX control contains a buffer overflow, which could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description The Research In Motion TeamOn Import Object is an ActiveX control, which is provided by the file TOImport.dl...

Apple AFP Client privilege escalation vulnerability

Overview The Apple File Protocol AFP Client fails to properly clean its environment before executing commands. This vulnerability may allow a local attacker execute commands with elevated privileges. Description The Apple File Protocol service allows Apple Mac OS clients to access files remotely...

Microsoft Windows Kernel vulnerable to privilege escalation

Overview The Microsoft Windows Kernel contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that may allow a local attacker to take control of the system. Description The Microsoft Windows Kernel fails to properly set permissions when mapping to a memory segment. By running a specially crafted applicatio...

Trend Micro ServerProtect ENG_SendEMail() stack buffer overflow

Overview Trend Micro ServerProtect contains a stack-based buffer overflow. Description Trend Micro ServerProtect fails to properly handle data passed to the ENGSendEMail routine possibly allowing a stack-based buffer overflow to occur. This overflow can be triggered by sending a specially crafted...

Apple Mac OS X UserNotificationCenter privilege escalation vulnerability

Overview Apple's UserNotificationCenter contains a vulnerability that may allow local users to gain elevated privileges. Description The Apple UserNotificationCenter contains a privilege escalation vulnerability. This vulnerability occurs because the Apple UserNotificationCenter runs with elevate...

Microsoft Word fails to properly handle malformed strings

Overview A vulnerability in the way Microsoft Word handles malformed Word Document streams could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Microsoft Word contains a memory corruption vulnerability that could be triggered when Word opens...