Vulnerability with public PoC affects Cisco IP phones, fix unavailable (CVE-2022-20968)

A high-risk stack overflow vulnerability (CVE-2022-20968) may allow attackers to DoS or possibly even execute code remotely on Cisco 7800 and 8800 Series IP phones, the company has confirmed. Cisco‘s PSIRT is also aware that proof-of-concept expl… Continue reading Vulnerability with public PoC affects Cisco IP phones, fix unavailable (CVE-2022-20968)

Researchers release PoC for Fortinet firewall flaw, exploitation attempts mount

Horizon3.ai researchers have released a PoC exploit for CVE-2022-40684, the authentication bypass vulnerability affecting Fortinet‘s firewalls and secure web gateways, and soon after exploitation attempts started rising. “[On Thursday], the… Continue reading Researchers release PoC for Fortinet firewall flaw, exploitation attempts mount

Airbag bike helmet boasts better protection of cyclists’ noggins

While bike helmets do provide a great deal of protection, it’s certainly still possible to sustain a head injury when wearing one. This fact prompted two Swedish companies to develop a prototype airbag-equipped helmet, which could make a big difference… Continue reading Airbag bike helmet boasts better protection of cyclists’ noggins

Attackers are attempting to exploit critical F5 BIG-IP RCE

Researchers have developed PoC exploits for CVE-2022-1388, a critical remote code execution bug affecting F5 BIG-IP multi-purpose networking devices/modules. Simultaneously, in-the-wild exploitation attempts have also been detected. CVE-2022-1388 PoC exploits Security researchers have started sharing evidence of their successful exploitation attempts of CVE-2022-1388 during the weekend: #CVE-2022-1388 successfully exploited. pic.twitter.com/P04K4PJsAN — Matus Bursa #strongertogether (@BursaMatus) May 9, 2022 🔥 We have reproduced the fresh CVE-2022-1388 in F5’s BIG-IP. Successful exploitation could lead to RCE from … More

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Attackers are exploiting VMware RCE to deliver malware (CVE-2022-22954)

Cyber crooks have begun exploiting CVE-2022-22954, a RCE vulnerability in VMware Workspace ONE Access and Identity Manager, to deliver cryptominers onto vulnerable systems. About CVE-2022-22954 CVE-2022-22954 is, in effect, a server-side template injec… Continue reading Attackers are exploiting VMware RCE to deliver malware (CVE-2022-22954)

CISA adds Spring4Shell to list of exploited vulnerabilities

It’s been almost a week since the Spring4Shell vulnerability (CVE-2022-22965) came to light and since the Spring development team fixed it in new versions of the Spring Framework. There have been reports of scanning, exploit attempts and attempts… Continue reading CISA adds Spring4Shell to list of exploited vulnerabilities

Spring4Shell: No need to panic, but mitigations are advised

Security teams around the world got another shock on Thursday when news of disclosure of a PoC for an unauthenticated RCE zero-day vulnerability in Spring Core, a massively popular framework for building modern Java-based enterprise applications, began… Continue reading Spring4Shell: No need to panic, but mitigations are advised

Easily exploitable Linux bug gives root access to attackers (CVE-2022-0847)

An easily exploitable vulnerability (CVE-2022-0847) in the Linux kernel can be used by local unprivileged users to gain root privileges on vulnerable systems by taking advantage of already public exploits. Discovered by security researcher Max Kellerma… Continue reading Easily exploitable Linux bug gives root access to attackers (CVE-2022-0847)

Cisco plugs critical flaws in small business routers

Cisco has patched 14 vulnerabilities affecting some of its Small Business RV Series routers, the worst of which may allow attackers to achieve unauthenticated remote code execution or execute arbitrary commands on the underlying Linux operating system…. Continue reading Cisco plugs critical flaws in small business routers

After failed fix, researcher releases exploit for Windows EoP flaw (CVE-2021-41379)

A local elevation of privilege vulnerability (CVE-2021-41379) in the Windows Installer that Microsoft supposedly fixed on November 2021 Patch Tuesday is, according to its discoverer, still exploitable. What’s more, it is already being leveraged b… Continue reading After failed fix, researcher releases exploit for Windows EoP flaw (CVE-2021-41379)