Quanta Cloud Technology (QCT) servers have been identified as vulnerable to the severe "Pantsdown" Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) flaw, according to new research published today. "An attacker running code on a vulnerable QCT server would be able to 'hop' from the server host to the BMC and move their attacks to the server management network, possibly continue and obtain … [Read more...] about Critical ‘Pantsdown’ BMC Vulnerability Affects QCT Servers Used in Data Centers
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Cisco Issues Patch for New IOS XR Zero-Day Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild
Cisco on Friday rolled out fixes for a medium-severity vulnerability affecting IOS XR Software that it said has been exploited in real-world attacks. Tracked as CVE-2022-20821 (CVSS score: 6.5), the issue relates to an open port vulnerability that could be abused by an unauthenticated, remote attacker to connect to a Redis instance and achieve code execution. "A successful … [Read more...] about Cisco Issues Patch for New IOS XR Zero-Day Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild
Actively exploited vulnerability in Windows
On the latest Patch Tuesday (May 10) Microsoft released updates for 74 vulnerabilities. At least one of them is already being actively exploited by attackers. Thus, it’s a good idea to install patches as soon as possible. CVE-2022-26925 – the most dangerous of the addressed vulnerabilities Apparently, the most dangerous vulnerability addressed in this update pack is … [Read more...] about Actively exploited vulnerability in Windows
Microsoft Azure Vulnerability Exposes PostgreSQL Databases to Other Customers
Microsoft on Thursday disclosed that it addressed a pair of issues with the Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server that could result in unauthorized cross-account database access in a region. "By exploiting an elevated permissions bug in the Flexible Server authentication process for a replication user, a malicious user could leverage an improperly anchored regular … [Read more...] about Microsoft Azure Vulnerability Exposes PostgreSQL Databases to Other Customers
Researchers Report Critical RCE Vulnerability in Google’s VirusTotal Platform
Security researchers have disclosed a security vulnerability in the VirusTotal platform that could have been potentially weaponized to achieve remote code execution (RCE). The flaw, now patched, made it possible to "execute commands remotely within VirusTotal platform and gain access to its various scans capabilities," Cysource researchers Shai Alfasi and Marlon Fabiano da … [Read more...] about Researchers Report Critical RCE Vulnerability in Google’s VirusTotal Platform
Atlassian Drops Patches for Critical Jira Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Atlassian has published a security advisory warning of a critical vulnerability in its Jira software that could be abused by a remote, unauthenticated attacker to circumvent authentication protections. Tracked as CVE-2022-0540, the flaw is rated 9.9 out of 10 on the CVSS scoring system and resides in Jira's authentication framework, Jira Seraph. Khoadha of Viettel Cyber … [Read more...] about Atlassian Drops Patches for Critical Jira Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Researcher Releases PoC for Recent Java Cryptographic Vulnerability
A proof-of-concept (PoC) code demonstrating a newly disclosed digital signature bypass vulnerability in Java has been shared online. The high-severity flaw in question, CVE-2022-21449 (CVSS score: 7.5), impacts the following version of Java SE and Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition - Oracle Java SE: 7u331, 8u321, 11.0.14, 17.0.2, 18 Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 20.3.5, … [Read more...] about Researcher Releases PoC for Recent Java Cryptographic Vulnerability
Critical LFI Vulnerability Reported in Hashnode Blogging Platform
Researchers have disclosed a previously undocumented local file inclusion (LFI) vulnerability in Hashnode, a developer-oriented blogging platform, that could be abused to access sensitive data such as SSH keys, server's IP address, and other network information. "The LFI originates in a Bulk Markdown Import feature that can be manipulated to provide attackers with unimpeded … [Read more...] about Critical LFI Vulnerability Reported in Hashnode Blogging Platform
Spring4Shell Zero-Day Vulnerability: Overview and Alert
On March 29, 2022, a critical vulnerability targeting the Spring Java framework was disclosed by VMware. This severe vulnerability is identified as a separate vulnerability inside Spring Core, tracked as CVE-2022-22965 and canonically named “Spring4Shell” or “SpringShell”, leveraging class injection leading to a full remote code execution (RCE). The zero-day vulnerability has … [Read more...] about Spring4Shell Zero-Day Vulnerability: Overview and Alert
Hackers Exploiting Spring4Shell Vulnerability to Deploy Mirai Botnet Malware
The recently disclosed critical Spring4Shell vulnerability is being actively exploited by threat actors to execute the Mirai botnet malware, particularly in the Singapore region since the start of April 2022. "The exploitation allows threat actors to download the Mirai sample to the '/tmp' folder and execute them after permission change using 'chmod,'" Trend Micro researchers … [Read more...] about Hackers Exploiting Spring4Shell Vulnerability to Deploy Mirai Botnet Malware