RCE

Pierluigi Paganini July 16, 2020
Cisco fixes 5 critical flaws that could allow router firewall takeover

Cisco addresses a critical remote code execution (RCE), authentication bypass, and static default credential flaws that could lead to full router takeover. Cisco has released security updates to address critical remote code execution (RCE), authentication bypass, and static default credential vulnerabilities affecting multiple router and firewall devices. An attacker could exploit the vulnerabilities to completely […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 14, 2020
Microsoft fixes critical wormable RCE SigRed in Windows DNS servers

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday security updates for July 2020 addressed a 17-year-old wormable vulnerability for hijacking Microsoft Windows Server dubbed SigRed Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday addressed a 17-year-old wormable vulnerability for hijacking Microsoft Windows Server tracked CVE-2020-1350 and dubbed SigRed. The issue received a severity rating of 10.0 on the CVSS scale and affects Windows Server versions […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 10, 2020
Juniper Networks addressed many issues in its products

Juniper Networks addressed several vulnerabilities in its firewalls, most of them can be exploited by attackers for denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. Juniper Networks addressed several vulnerabilities in its products, most of them can be exploited by attackers for denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. Half a dozen of the flaws are DoS issues that have been rated high severity. […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 09, 2020
Zoom is working on a patch for a zero-day in Windows client

Researchers from cyber-security firm ACROS Security have disclosed a zero-day vulnerability in the Windows client of the popular Zoom video conferencing platform. Researchers from cyber-security firm ACROS Security have disclosed a zero-day vulnerability in the Windows client of the video conferencing software Zoom. The vulnerability is a remote code execution issue, which could allow the […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 06, 2020
Threat actors are attempting to exploit recently fixed F5 BIG-IP flaw

Attackers are already attempting to exploit the recently fixed bug in F5 Networks BIG-IP product, security experts warn. A few days after the disclosure of the vulnerability in the F5 Networks BIG-IP product threat actors started exploiting it in attacks in the wild. F5 Networks has recently addressed a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability, tracked […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 21, 2020
Expert discloses 4 zero-days in IBM Data Risk Manager

A security researcher disclosed details of four zero-day flaws impacting an IBM security product after the IT giant refused to address them. The security researcher Pedro Ribeiro, Director of Research at Agile Information Security, has published details about four zero-day vulnerabilities affecting the IBM Data Risk Manager (IDRM) after the company refused to address the […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 04, 2020
Firefox 74.0.1 addresses two zero-days exploited in the wild

Mozilla releases Firefox version 74.0.1 to address two vulnerabilities exploited by threat actors in attacks in the wild, users should update their browsers asap. Mozilla is urging users to install the latest version of its browser, Firefox 74.0.1, which addresses two bugs that are being exploited in the wild by threat actors. The two vulnerabilities […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 01, 2020
Experts published PoC exploits for CVE-2020-0796 privilege escalation flaw on Windows

Researchers published proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits for the CVE-2020-0796 Windows flaw, tracked as SMBGhost, that can be exploited for local privilege escalation. Researchers Daniel GarcĂ­a GutiĂ©rrez (@danigargu) and Manuel Blanco ParajĂłn (@dialluvioso_) have published proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits for the CVE-2020-0796 Windows vulnerability, tracked as SMBGhost, that can be exploited by attackers for local privilege escalation. Cybersecurity firms Kryptos […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 28, 2020
Critical buffer overflow in CODESYS allows remote code execution

Experts discovered an easily exploitable heap-based buffer overflow flaw, tracked as CVE-2020-10245, that exists in the CODESYS web server. A critical heap-based buffer overflow flaw in a web server for the CODESYS automation software for engineering control systems could be exploited by a remote, unauthenticated attacker to crash a server or execute arbitrary code. CODESYS […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 08, 2020
Netgear fixes a critical RCE that could allow to takeover Flagship Nighthawk routers

Netgear is warning users of a critical remote code execution flaw that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to take control of its wireless routers. Netgear has addressed a critical remote code execution vulnerability that could be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker to take over AC Router Nighthawk (R7800) hardware running firmware versions prior to 1.0.2.68. […]