RCE

Pierluigi Paganini May 25, 2017
CVE-2017-7494 Samba vulnerability, patch your installation now!

A seven-year-old remote code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2017-7494, affects all versions of the Samba software since 3.5.0. A seven-year-old remote code execution vulnerability affects all versions of the Samba software since 3.5.0. The flaw has been patched by the development team of the project. An attacker can exploit the CVE-2017-7494 RCE to upload a shared […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 12, 2017
UPDATED – Vanilla Forums software is still affected by a critical remote code execution zero-day first reported in December 2016.

The popular Vanilla Forums software is still affected by a critical remote code execution zero-day first reported to the development team in December 2016. The exploit code was published by ExploitBox, a remote attacker can chain the flaw with the Host Header injection vulnerability CVE-2016-10073 to execute arbitrary code and take the control of the affected […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 09, 2017
Jenkins patched a critical RCE flaw in its open source automation server

Jenkins developers fixed a critical RCE vulnerability in the popular open source automation server along with many other issues. Jenkins is the most popular open source automation server, it is maintained by CloudBees and the Jenkins community. The automation server supports developers build, test and deploy their applications, it has more than 133,000 active installations […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 09, 2017
Microsoft fixes Microsoft Malware Protection Engine RCE vulnerability CVE-2017-0290 found by Google

Microsoft fixes the vulnerability in the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine (CVE-2017-0290) discovered just three days by Google experts. Last week the researchers at the Google Project Zero team have discovered a new critical Windows RCE vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2017-0290, they defined the bug as the worst Windows RCE in recent memory. I think @natashenka and […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 02, 2017
A critical RCE flaw in Intel Management Engine affects Intel enterprise PCs dates back 9 years

A critical remote code execution vulnerability tracked as CVE-2017-5689 in Intel Management Engine affects Intel enterprise PCs dates back 9 years. A critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability tracked as CVE-2017-5689 has been discovered in the remote management features implemented on computers shipped with Intel Chipset in past 9 years. The vulnerability affects the Intel Management […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 25, 2017
Squirrelmail 1.4.22 is affected by a Remote Code Execution flaw, no fix is available

The popular PHP webmail package SquirrelMail is affected by a remote code execution vulnerability tracked as CVE-2017-7692. The popular PHP webmail package SquirrelMail is affected by a remote code execution vulnerability tracked as CVE-2017-7692, that could be exploited by hackers to execute arbitrary commands on the target and fully control it. The recent version, 1.4.22, and […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 14, 2017
Cisco warns of two critical issues in IOS and Apache Struts

Cisco issued two “critical” security advisories, one for Cisco IOS and Cisco IOS XE Software, another for a flaw affecting Apache Struts 2. Today Cisco issued two “critical” security advisories, the first one for Cisco IOS and Cisco IOS XE Software, the second one for the recently discovered flaw affecting Apache Struts 2. The vulnerability […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 14, 2017
CVE-2016-10229 Linux remote code execution flaw potentially exposes systems at risk of hack

The Linux remote vulnerability tracked as CVE-2016-10229 poses Linux systems at rick of hack if not patched. A Linux kernel vulnerability, trackers as CVE-2016-10229, potentially allows attackers to remotely take over a vulnerable system (i.e. Servers, desktops, IoT devices and mobile devices). “udp.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via UDP […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 14, 2017
Canadian agency breached as hackers exploit CVE-2017-5638 flaw in Apache Struts 2

Canada Revenue Agency confirmed it shut down its website for filing federal taxes due to a cyber attack leveraging the CVE-2017-5638 flaw in Apache Struts 2 The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) confirmed it shut down its website for filing federal taxes after hackers broke into the server at the nation’s statistics bureau. The security breach occurred […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 09, 2017
Patch Apache Struts 2 Now! Hackers are exploiting a remote code execution zero-day in the wild

Researchers have spotted a remote code execution zero-day in Apache Struts 2, the flaw has being exploiting by that threat actors in the wild. Security researchers have spotted a remote code execution zero-day, tracked as CVE-2017-5638, in Apache Struts 2, and the bad news is that threat actors in the wild are already exploiting it. According to […]