RCE

Pierluigi Paganini November 20, 2018
TP-Link fixes 2 Remote Code Execution flaws in TL-R600VPN SOHO Router and other issues

TP-Link has addressed several vulnerabilities, including a remote code execution flaw, in its TL-R600VPN small and home office (SOHO) router. TP-Link as fixed four security vulnerabilities in the TL-R600VPN small and home office (SOHO) router that were reported by experts at Cisco Talos. The vulnerabilities are two remote code execution (RCE) flaws(CVE-2018-3950, CVE-2018-3951), a denial-of-service issue (CVE-2018-3948), and a server information disclosure bug (CVE-2018-394). The DOS and server information […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 07, 2018
Apache Struts users have to update FileUpload library to fix years-old flaws

Apache Struts Users have to update the Commons FileUpload library in Struts 2 that is affected by two vulnerabilities. Apache Struts developers have addressed two vulnerabilities in the Commons FileUpload library in Struts 2, the flaws can be exploited for remote code execution and denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. “Apache today released an advisory, urging users who run Apache Struts 2.3.x to […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 29, 2018
Systemd flaw could cause the crash or hijack of vulnerable Linux machines

Systemd is affected by a security vulnerability that can be exploited to crash a vulnerable Linux machine, and in the worst case to execute malicious code. An attacker can trigger the vulnerability using maliciously crafted DHCPv6 packets and modifying portions of memory of the vulnerable systems, potentially causing remote code execution. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2018-15688, […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 14, 2018
Expert released PoC Code Microsoft Edge Remote Code Execution flaw

Security expert published the PoC exploit code for the recently fixed critical remote code execution flaw in Edge web browser tracked as CVE-2018-8495. The October 2018 Patch Tuesday addressed 50 known vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s products, 12 of them were labeled as critical. One of the issues is a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Edge web browser […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 08, 2018
The Git Project addresses a critical arbitrary code execution vulnerability in Git

The Git Project released a new version of the Git client, Github Desktop, or Atom. that addressed a critical remote code execution vulnerability in the Git. The Git Project addressed a critical remote code execution vulnerability in the Git command line client, Git Desktop, and Atom. The flaw tracked as CVE-2018-17456 could be exploited by malicious repositories to remotely […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 02, 2018
Foxit Reader 9.3 addresses 118 Vulnerabilities, 18 of them rated as critical

Foxit Software released a security update for its Foxit Reader product that addresses over 100 vulnerabilities, 18 of them rated as critical. Foxit Software released a security update for its Foxit Reader product that addresses over 100 vulnerabilities, some of them that could be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. Foxit Reader is a multilingual freemium PDF tool that can create, […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 21, 2018
Cisco fixes Remote Code Execution flaws in Webex Network Recording Player

Cisco released security patches to fix RCE flaws in the Webex Network Recording Player for Advanced Recording Format (ARF). Cisco released security patches to address vulnerabilities in the Webex Network Recording Player for Advanced Recording Format (ARF) (CVE-2018-15414, CVE-2018-15421, and CVE-2018-15422) that could be exploited by an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 11, 2018
Zerodium disclose exploit for NoScript bug in version 7 of Tor Browser

Zero-day broker Zerodium has disclosed a NoScript vulnerability that could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the Tor Browser. Zero-day broker Zerodium has disclosed a NoScript vulnerability that could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the Tor Browser. NoScript is a popular Firefox extension that protects users against malicious scripts, it only allows […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 03, 2018
Critical remote code execution flaw patched in Packagist PHP package repository

Maintainers of Packagist, the largest PHP package repository, have recently addressed a critical remote code execution vulnerability. Packagist is the default package host behind Composer, it has over 435 million package installs. The vulnerability was reported by the security researcher Max Justicz, the expert discovered that the “Submit Package” input field for submitting new PHP packages via the package […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 22, 2018
Expert discovered a Critical Remote Code Execution flaw in Apache Struts (CVE-2018-11776)

Maintainers of the Apache Struts 2 open source development framework has released security updates to address a critical remote code execution vulnerability. Security updates released this week for the Apache Struts 2 open source development framework addressed a critical RCE tracked as CVE-2018-11776. The vulnerability affects Struts versions from 2.3 through 2.3.34, Struts 2.5 through 2.5.16, and […]