Google on Friday shipped emergency fixes to address a security vulnerability in the Chrome web browser that it said is being actively exploited in the wild. The issue, assigned the identifier CVE-2022-3075, concerns a case of insufficient data validating in Mojo, which refers to a collection of runtime libraries that provide a platform-agnostic mechanism for inter-process … [Read more...] about Google Releases Urgent Chrome Update to Patch New Zero-Day Vulnerability
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Critical Vulnerability Discovered in Atlassian Bitbucket Server and Data Center
Atlassian has rolled out fixes for a critical security flaw in Bitbucket Server and Data Center that could lead to the execution of malicious code on vulnerable installations. Tracked as CVE-2022-36804 (CVSS score: 9.9), the issue has been characterized as a command injection vulnerability in multiple endpoints that could be exploited via specially crafted HTTP requests. "An … [Read more...] about Critical Vulnerability Discovered in Atlassian Bitbucket Server and Data Center
Hackers Exploit Twitter Vulnerability to Exposes 5.4 Million Accounts
Twitter on Friday revealed that a now-patched zero-day bug was used to link phone numbers and emails to user accounts on the social media platform. "As a result of the vulnerability, if someone submitted an email address or phone number to Twitter's systems, Twitter's systems would tell the person what Twitter account the submitted email addresses or phone number was associated … [Read more...] about Hackers Exploit Twitter Vulnerability to Exposes 5.4 Million Accounts
High-Severity RCE Vulnerability Reported in Popular Fastjson Library
Cybersecurity researchers have detailed a recently patched high-severity security vulnerability in the popular Fastjson library that could be potentially exploited to achieve remote code execution. Tracked as CVE-2022-25845 (CVSS score: 8.1), the issue relates to a case of deserialization of untrusted data in a supported feature called "AutoType." It was patched by the project … [Read more...] about High-Severity RCE Vulnerability Reported in Popular Fastjson Library
New Zimbra Email Vulnerability Could Let Attackers Steal Your Login Credentials
A new high-severity vulnerability has been disclosed in the Zimbra email suite that, if successfully exploited, enables an unauthenticated attacker to steal cleartext passwords of users sans any user interaction. "With the consequent access to the victims' mailboxes, attackers can potentially escalate their access to targeted organizations and gain access to various internal … [Read more...] about New Zimbra Email Vulnerability Could Let Attackers Steal Your Login Credentials
Researchers Warn of Unpatched “DogWalk” Microsoft Windows Vulnerability
An unofficial security patch has been made available for a new Windows zero-day vulnerability in the Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT), even as the Follina flaw continues to be exploited in the wild. The issue — referenced as DogWalk — relates to a path traversal flaw that can be exploited to stash a malicious executable file to the Windows Startup folder when a … [Read more...] about Researchers Warn of Unpatched “DogWalk” Microsoft Windows Vulnerability
Critical UNISOC Chip Vulnerability Affects Millions of Android Smartphones
A critical security flaw has been uncovered in UNISOC's smartphone chipset that could be potentially weaponized to disrupt a smartphone's radio communications through a malformed packet. "Left unpatched, a hacker or a military unit can leverage such a vulnerability to neutralize communications in a specific location," Israeli cybersecurity company Check Point said in a report … [Read more...] about Critical UNISOC Chip Vulnerability Affects Millions of Android Smartphones
GitLab Issues Security Patch for Critical Account Takeover Vulnerability
GitLab has moved to address a critical security flaw in its service that, if successfully exploited, could result in an account takeover. Tracked as CVE-2022-1680, the issue has a CVSS severity score of 9.9 and was discovered internally by the company. The security flaw affects all versions of GitLab Enterprise Edition (EE) starting from 11.10 before 14.9.5, all versions … [Read more...] about GitLab Issues Security Patch for Critical Account Takeover Vulnerability
Follina (CVE-2022-30190): a vulnerability in MSDT
Researchers have discovered another serious vulnerability in Microsoft products that potentially allows attackers to execute arbitrary code. MITRE designated this vulnerability as CVE-2022-30190, while researchers somewhat poetically named it Follina. The most disturbing thing is that there’s no fix for this bug yet. What’s even worse, the vulnerability is already being … [Read more...] about Follina (CVE-2022-30190): a vulnerability in MSDT
Experts Detail New RCE Vulnerability Affecting Google Chrome Dev Channel
Details have emerged about a recently patched critical remote code execution vulnerability in the V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engine used in Google Chrome and Chromium-based browsers. The issue relates to a case of use-after-free in the instruction optimization component, successful exploitation of which could "allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the … [Read more...] about Experts Detail New RCE Vulnerability Affecting Google Chrome Dev Channel