An information disclosure vulnerability has been disclosed in Intel Microprocessors. Lazy restored FP states are susceptible to speculative execution cache side-channel attacks, A process can infer FPU registry (AVX, MMX and SSE) values of other processes. CVE-2018-3665 has been assigned to track this issue. It does not affect AMD processors. Intel has addressed this vulnerability in … Continue reading “Intel LazyFP Vulnerability : CVE-2018-3665”
Cortana Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability: CVE-2018-8140
An elevation of privilege vulnerability was discovered in Microsoft virtual assistant ‘Cortana’. The issue arises due to a behavior glitch in Cortana. Upon successful exploitation an attacker can gain elevated command execution. The attacker would need physical access to the target machine to perform the attack. Microsoft has addressed this vulnerability in patches released in … Continue reading “Cortana Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability: CVE-2018-8140”
JScript Error Object Use-After-Free Vulnerability : CVE-2018-8267
A zero-day vulnerability in the JScript has been disclosed to Microsoft. CVE-2018-8267 has been assigned to track this vulnerability. Microsoft has accepted the disclosure, the advisory addressing the issue has been released. It is a use-after-free vulnerability in Windows JScript, the vulnerability is due to improper handling of error objects by JScript. Upon successful exploitation an attacker can gain … Continue reading “JScript Error Object Use-After-Free Vulnerability : CVE-2018-8267”
Adobe Flash Player Stack Overflow Vulnerability: CVE-2018-5002
A stack overflow vulnerability was discovered in the Adobe’s Flash Player. CVE-2018-5002 has been assigned to track this vulnerability. The issue occurs due to improper execution of try-catch statement with a static initializer. It affects Adobe Flash Player 29.0.0.171 and earlier versions. Adobe has addressed this issue in APSB18-19 by releasing version 30.0.0.113. Microsoft has released ADV180014 … Continue reading “Adobe Flash Player Stack Overflow Vulnerability: CVE-2018-5002”
Adobe Acrobat Reader OCG Heap-based Buffer Overflow : CVE-2018-4910
A heap overflow vulnerability was discovered in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC. The issue occurs due to improper handling of OCG content. Upon successful exploitation an attacker can corrupt memory,control-flow hijack. CVE-2018-4910 has been assigned to track this vulnerability.The issue affects Adobe Acrobat Pro DC 2018.009.20050 and earlier versions, 2017.011.30070 and earlier versions, 2015.006.30394 and earlier versions Vulnerability … Continue reading “Adobe Acrobat Reader OCG Heap-based Buffer Overflow : CVE-2018-4910”
Git RCE Vulnerability : CVE-2018-11235
A remote code execution in Git has been discovered. CVE-2018-11235 has been assigned to track this vulnerability. Git 2.17.1 and Git for Windows 2.17.1 (2) address this vulnerability. Vulnerability submodule “names” from .gitmodule files are appended to $GIT_DIR/modules for on-disk repository paths. When we git clone a repository not all configuration files and hooks are received from … Continue reading “Git RCE Vulnerability : CVE-2018-11235”
IBM QRadar Authentication Bypass: CVE-2018-1418
Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM QRadar have been disclosed. Upon successful exploitation an attacker can bypass authentication and achieve remote code execution. CVE-2018-1418 has been assigned to track this vulnerability. IBM Qradar is an SIEM tool used to detect and analyze security anomalies. The issue affects QRadar SIEM 7.3.0 to 7.3.1 Patch 2 and 7.2.0 to 7.2.8 … Continue reading “IBM QRadar Authentication Bypass: CVE-2018-1418”
Adobe Reader Double Free Vulnerability : CVE-2018-4990
A double free vulnerability in Adobe Reader was disclosed. CVE-2018-4990 has been assigned to track this vulnerability. Upon successful exploitation an attacker can achieve arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability has been exploited in the wild via crafted pdf document. Adobe has released APSB18-09 to address this vulnerability. Please check the advisory for the list of affected … Continue reading “Adobe Reader Double Free Vulnerability : CVE-2018-4990”
Speculative Execution Vulnerability
In January 2018 a new class of vulnerabilities were discovered in speculative execution. They were termed Spectre and Meltdown. Adding to this list, two new vulnerabilities have been disclosed. They affect Intel,ARM and AMD processors. Please refer to their respective advisories for affected processor models. Rogue System Register Read: A new subvariant of Rogue Data Cache … Continue reading “Speculative Execution Vulnerability”
OpenPGP and S/MIME Vulnerabilities
A weakness in the OpenPGP and S/MIME standard has been disclosed to multiple vendors. The researchers have published a paper describing a proof of concept exploit that will allow an attacker to de-crypt previously acquired user messages. CVE-2018-17688 and CVE-2018-17689 have been assigned to track these vulnerabilities. OpenPGP is an internet standards document that describes the operation … Continue reading “OpenPGP and S/MIME Vulnerabilities”