Overview Recently, a security researcher took to Twitter to disclose a KDE Frameworks command injection vulnerability, which stems from the KDesktopfile class handling .desktop, .directory, and configuration files. An attacker could create malicious files of these types, which, once being viewed with the KDE file viewer, could trigger the vulnerability,...
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Cisco Small Business 220 Series Smart Switches Multiple Vulnerabilities Threat Alert
Overview On August 6, 2019, local time, Cisco released security advisories on remediation of three vulnerabilities in Small Business 220 Series Smart Switches, including two critical ones, one of which has a CVSS 3.0 score as high as 9.8. (more…)
Apache Solr Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2019-0193) Threat Alert
1 Vulnerability Overview Recently, Apache Software Foundation (ASF) issued a security bulletin to announce the fix of the remote arbitrary code execution vulnerability (CVE-2019-0193) in Apache Solr. This vulnerability exists in the DataImportHandler module, a common module used to import data from databases or other sources. The whole DIH configuration...
ProFTPd Arbitrary File Copy Vulnerability (CVE-2019-12815) Threat Alert
Overview Recently, an official security bulletin was released to announce the remediation of an arbitrary file copy vulnerability (CVE-2019-12815) in ProFTPd. This vulnerability lies in the custom SITE CPFR and SITE CPTO operations in the mod_copy module. By issuing the two commands to ProFTPd, an attacker can copy any file...
Jackson-databind Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Technical Analysis
Vulnerability Overview On June 21, Red Hat officially released a security bulletin to announce the fix for a vulnerability in jackson-dababind. This vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.1 affects multiple Red Hat products and a sophisticated exploit using this vulnerability is observed in the wild. On July 22, a...
Jackson-databind Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2019-12384) Threat Alert
Overview Recently, a security researcher discovered a vulnerability (CVE-2019-12384) in jackson-databind, noting that when certain conditions are met, an attacker, via a malicious request, could bypass the blacklist restriction and remotely execute code in an affected server during deserialization. (more…)
