RCE

Pierluigi Paganini August 15, 2018
August 2018 Microsoft Patch Tuesday fixes two flaws exploited in attacks in the wild

Microsoft Patch Tuesday update for August 2018 addresses a total of 60 vulnerabilities, two of which are actively exploited in attacks in the wild. After Adobe, also Microsoft released the Patch Tuesday update for August 2018 that addresses a total of 60 vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Edge Browser, Internet Explorer, Office, ChakraCore, .NET Framework, Exchange […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 07, 2018
HP releases firmware updates for two critical RCE flaws in Inkjet Printers

HP has released firmware updates that address two critical remote code execution vulnerabilities in some models of inkjet printers. HP has released firmware updates to address two critical RCE flaws affecting some Inkjet printers. The two flaws, tracked as CVE-2018-5924 and CVE-2018-5925, could be exploited by attackers to trigger stack or static buffer overflow. An attacker can […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 21, 2018
Cisco security updates address five critical issues in NX-OS Software

Cisco released security patches for more than 30 vulnerabilities, including five Critical arbitrary code execution issues affecting the NX-OS Software Cisco released security patches for more than 30 vulnerabilities including five Critical arbitrary code execution issues affecting the NX-API feature of NX-OS Software (CVE-2018-0301) and the Fabric Services component of FXOS Software and NX-OS Software […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 18, 2018
Hacking more than 400 Axis camera models by chaining 3 flaws

Researchers from cybersecurity firm VDOO have discovered several vulnerabilities affecting nearly 400 security cameras from Axis Communications. Researchers from cybersecurity firm VDOO have conducted a study on IoT devices and discovered seven vulnerabilities in cameras manufactured by Axis Communications. According to the vendor, nearly 400 models are affected by the issue and Axis has released […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 25, 2018
Electron Windows Protocol Handler MITM/RCE (bypass for CVE-2018-1000006 fix)

As part of an engagement for one of our clients, we analyzed the patch for the recent Electron Windows Protocol handler RCE bug (CVE-2018-1000006) and identified a bypass. Under certain circumstances, this bypass leads to session hijacking and remote code execution. The vulnerability is triggered by simply visiting a web page through a browser. Electron apps designed to run […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 13, 2018
A new flaw in Electron poses a risk to apps based on the framework

Security experts have discovered a vulnerability in the Electron software framework that has been used for building a large number of popular desktop applications. Popular desktop applications, including Skype, Slack, GitHub Desktop, Twitch, WordPress.com, and others, are potentially affected. Electron is a node.js, V8, and Chromium open-source framework that allows developers to use web technologies such as […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 18, 2018
A flaw could allow easy hack of LG Network-attached storage devices

Network-attached storage devices manufactured by LG Electronics are affected by a critical remote code execution vulnerability that could be exploited by attackers to gain full control of the devices. The experts at the security firm VPN Mentor found a pre-auth remote command injection vulnerability that affects the majority of LG NAS device models. “we found a way to […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 29, 2018
Drupal finally addressed the critical CVE-2018-7600 Drupalgeddon2 vulnerability

The Drupal development team has fixed the drupalgeddon2 vulnerability that could be exploited by an attacker to take over a website. A few days ago, Drupal Security Team confirmed that a “highly critical” vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2018-7600, affects Drupal 7 and 8 core and announced the availability of security updates on March 28th. The vulnerability was discovered […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 29, 2018
CISCO addresses two critical remote code execution flaws in IOS XE operating system

This week Cisco patched three critical vulnerabilities affecting its operating system IOS XE,  two of them are remote code execution flaws that could be exploited by an attacker to gain full control over vulnerable systems. Cisco March 2018 Semiannual Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication addressed 22 vulnerabilities, 3 of them rated as […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 14, 2018
What’s new in Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for March 2018?

Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for March 2018 – Microsoft released security updates for 75 security flaws, 14 of them listed as Critical and 61 are rated Important in severity. Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for March 2018 address 75 vulnerabilities, all the critical flaws fixed this month affect the Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers. Most of […]