Remote Code Execution
Hunk Companion WordPress plugin exploited to install vulnerable plugins
Hackers are exploiting a critical vulnerability in the “Hunk Companion” plugin to install and activate other plugins with exploitable flaws directly from the WordPress.org repository. By installing outdated plugins with known vulnerabilities with available exploits, the attackers can access a large pool of flaws that lead to remote code execution (RCE), SQL injection, cross-site scripting (XSS) […]
New Cleo zero-day RCE flaw exploited in data theft attacks
Hackers are actively exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Cleo managed file transfer software to breach corporate networks and conduct data theft attacks. The flaw is found in the company’s secure file transfer products, Cleo LexiCom, VLTrader, and Harmony, and is a remote code execution flaw tracked as CVE-2023-34362. The Cleo MFT vulnerability affects versions 5.8.0.21 […]
Veeam warns of critical RCE bug in Service Provider Console
Veeam released security updates today to address two Service Provider Console (VSPC) vulnerabilities, including a critical remote code execution (RCE) discovered during internal testing. VSPC, described by the company as a remote-managed BaaS (Backend as a Service) and DRaaS (Disaster Recovery as a Service) platform, is used by service providers to monitor the health and […]
Palo Alto Networks patches two firewall zero-days used in attacks
Palo Alto Networks has finally released security updates for two actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities in its Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFW). The first flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-0012, is an authentication bypass found in the PAN-OS management web interface that remote attackers can exploit to gain administrator privileges without requiring authentication or user interaction. The second one (CVE-2024-9474) is a PAN-OS privilege escalation […]
Critical RCE bug in VMware vCenter Server now exploited in attacks
Broadcom warned today that attackers are now exploiting two VMware vCenter Server vulnerabilities, one of which is a critical remote code execution flaw. TZL security researchers reported the RCE vulnerability (CVE-2024-38812) during China’s 2024 Matrix Cup hacking contest. It is caused by a heap overflow weakness in the vCenter’s DCE/RPC protocol implementation and affects products […]
Palo Alto Networks warns of critical RCE zero-day exploited in attacks
Palo Alto Networks is warning that a critical zero-day vulnerability on Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFW) management interfaces, currently tracked as ‘PAN-SA-2024-0015,’ is actively being exploited in attacks. The flaw was originally disclosed on November 8, 2024, with Palo Alto Networks warning customers to restrict access to their next-generation firewalls because of a “potential” remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability impacting […]
VMware fixes bad patch for critical vCenter Server RCE flaw
VMware has released another security update for CVE-2024-38812, a critical VMware vCenter Server remote code execution vulnerability that was not correctly fixed in the first patch from September 2024. The flaw is rated critical (CVSS v3.1 score: 9.8) and stems from a heap overflow weakness in vCenter’s DCE/RPC protocol implementation, impacting the vCenter Server and […]
CISA says critical Fortinet RCE flaw now exploited in attacks
Today, CISA revealed that attackers actively exploit a critical FortiOS remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in the wild. The flaw (CVE-2024-23113) is caused by the fgfmd daemon accepting an externally controlled format string as an argument, which can let unauthenticated threat actors execute commands or arbitrary code on unpatched devices in low-complexity attacks that don’t […]
Microsoft October 2024 Patch Tuesday fixes 5 zero-days, 118 flaws
Microsoft October 2024 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for 118 flaws, including five publicly disclosed zero-days, two of which are actively exploited. This Patch Tuesday fixed three critical vulnerabilities, all remote code execution flaws. The number of bugs in each vulnerability category is listed below: This count does not include three Edge flaws that […]
New scanner finds Linux, UNIX servers exposed to CUPS RCE attacks
An automated scanner has been released to help security professionals scan environments for devices vulnerable to the Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) RCE flaw tracked as CVE-2024-47176. The flaw, which enables attackers to perform arbitrary remote code execution if certain conditions are met, was disclosed late last month by the person who discovered it, Simone Margaritelli. Although […]