Microsoft’s August patch-Tuesday bundle fixes 120 vulnerabilities including two under active exploitation- one of them over two years old. Weighing in at 120 fixes, the August 2020 Patch Tuesday is the third largest ever released by Microsoft. Of particular interest are 17 critical updates and two zero-day exploits which are being actively attacked. IE 11 […]
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TeamViewer Gmbh have released a patch for their Windows Desktop client to fix a credential leaking vulnerability which could allow a malicious webpage to obtain the hashed NTLM credentials of the active Windows user account. A simple flaw (CVE-2020-13699) in the way the TeamViewer desktop client handles custom URI handlers means a malicious webpage can
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The UK National Cyber Security Centre and CISA in the USA have issued a joint alert detailing the risk posed by the Qsnatch/Derek malware which attacks QNAP NAS devices. The National Cyber Security Centre states in the alert: All QNAP NAS devices are potentially vulnerable to QSnatch malware if not updated with the latest security
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Boothole is a pervasive vulnerability that affects the GRUB2 boot loader that is used by most versions of Linux. By exploiting this vulnerability, attackers can run arbitrary code on almost any PC or Server and install RootKits or similar Malware that will persist reboots and be very difficult to detect. BootHole was first reported by
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Dell has patched a path-traversal vulnerability in the remote management web interface for its latest PowerEdge servers The iDRAC controller is a Linux computer within the PowerEdge server which is used to remotely manage the host server – even when the host itself is powered down. According to Dell’s security advisory: Dell EMC iDRAC9 versions
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Microsoft has released a patch to resolve a critical remote code execution vulnerability that has lived in the DNS server code for 17 years. A blog post from the Microsoft Security Response Centre states: Today we released an update for CVE-2020-1350, a Critical Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in Windows DNS Server that is classified as a ‘wormable’ vulnerability and has a CVSS base score of 10.0. This issue results from a flaw
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The July patch bundle from SAP includes a critical patch to resolve a vulnerability in the NetWeaver application server which could allow an unauthenticated attacker to gain unrestricted access to the SAP environment and database. According to the description for the vulnerability recorded as CVE CVE-2020-6287 : SAP NetWeaver AS JAVA (LM Configuration Wizard), versions
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Enterprise security provider F5 has disclosed details of a critical vulnerability affecting their BIG-IP systems used by governments and global enterprises. The flaw in the Traffic Management User Interface of the BIG-IP Application Delivery Controller allows an unauthenticated attacker to perform remote code execution. The vulnerability ( CVE-2020-5902) is rated the top CVSS rating of 10/10
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A Zero-Day Remote Code Execution vulnerability affects 79 different Netgear routers With the significant increase in home-working due to the COVID pandemic, the security of home workers’ connectivity is under scrutiny. Security researchers have detailed a serious vulnerability in the firmware of many Netgear routers popular in small and home office set-ups. The vulnerability exists
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VideoLAN has released a patch for their popular VLC Media player software to resolve a remote code execution vulnerability The VLC open source media player is widely used in domestic and enterprise environments for playback of all kinds of video files and digital signage applications. In a security bulletin, the developer state that: If successful, a malicious
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