WebSphere Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability (CVE-2019-4505) Threat Alert

Vulnerability Description On September 18, 2019, IBM officially released a security bulletin, disclosing an arbitrary file read vulnerability (CVE-2019-4505) in WebSphere (web service deployment middleware), which allows remote attackers to read sensitive files on the server via a crafted URL. This could result in attackers viewing any files in a...

phpStudy Backdoor Event Threat Alert

Event Overview Hangzhou Municipal Bureau of Public Security mentioned in its press release of Hangzhou Police Reports Work on Cracking Down on Cybercrimes and Achievements in the Cyberspace Cleanup Campaign 2019 released on September 20, 2019 that the phpStudy version released in 2016 was maliciously planted with a backdoor and...

Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2019-1297) Threat Alert

Overview Microsoft released security updates for September that address a remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2019-1297) in Microsoft Excel. This vulnerability exists in Microsoft Excel when it fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the current...

Weaver E-cology OA System Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Threat Alert

Vulnerability Description On September 19, 2019, the Weaver e-cology OA system was reported to contain a remote code execution vulnerability. This vulnerability exists in the BeanShell component of the Weaver OA system. This component comes with the system and allows unauthorized access. Attackers could exploit this vulnerability to directly execute...

Fastjson 1.2.60 and Earlier Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Threat Alert

1 Vulnerability Description On September 18, a security researcher submitted Fastjson remediation code on Alibaba's official GitHub to prevent new exploits of the Fastjson deserialization remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to remotely execute malicious code to compromise the server. (more…)