Path Traversal
Fortinet FortiWeb flaw with public PoC exploited to create admin users
A Fortinet FortiWeb path traversal vulnerability is being actively exploited to create new administrative users on exposed devices without requiring authentication. The issue is fixed in FortiWeb 8.0.2, and admins are urged to update as soon as possible and check for signs of unauthorized access The exploitation was first spotted by threat intelligence company Defused […]
Massive surge in scans targeting Palo Alto Networks login portals
A spike in suspicious scans targeting Palo Alto Networks login portals indicates clear reconnaissance efforts from suspicious IP addresses, researchers warn. Cybersecurity intelligence company GreyNoise reports a 500% increase in IP addresses focused on Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect and PAN-OS profiles. The activity culminated on October 3 with more than 1,285 unique IPs engaged in the […]
Details emerge on WinRAR zero-day attacks that infected PCs with malware
Researchers have released a report detailing how a recent WinRAR path traversal vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-8088 was exploited in zero-day attacks by the Russian ‘RomCom’ hacking group to drop different malware payloads. RomCom (aka Storm-0978 and Tropical Scorpius) is a Russian cyberespionage threat group with a history in zero-day exploitation, including in Firefox (CVE-2024-9680, CVE-2024-49039) and Microsoft Office (CVE-2023-36884). ESET […]
WinRAR patches bug letting malware launch from extracted archives
WinRAR has addressed a directory traversal vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-6218 that, under certain circumstances, allows malware to be executed after extracting a malicious archive. The flaw tracked as CVE-2025-6218 and assigned a CVSS score of 7.8 (high severity), was discovered by security researcher whs3-detonator who reported it through Zero Day Initiative on June 5, 2025. It affects […]
Adobe warns of critical ColdFusion bug with PoC exploit code
Adobe has released out-of-band security updates to address a critical ColdFusion vulnerability with proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code. In an advisory released on Monday, the company says the flaw (tracked as CVE-2024-53961) is caused by a path traversal weakness that impacts Adobe ColdFusion versions 2023 and 2021 and can enable attackers to read arbitrary files on vulnerable servers. “Adobe is […]
D-Link won’t fix critical bug in 60,000 exposed EoL modems
Tens of thousands of exposed D-Link routers that have reached their end-of-life are vulnerable to a critical security issue that allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to change any user’s password and take complete control of the device. The vulnerability was discovered in the D-Link DSL6740C modem by security researcher Chaio-Lin Yu (Steven Meow), who reported it to Taiwan’s […]
Ivanti warns of another critical CSA flaw exploited in attacks
Today, Ivanti warned that threat actors are exploiting another Cloud Services Appliance (CSA) security flaw in attacks targeting a limited number of customers. Tracked as CVE-2024-8963, this admin bypass vulnerability is caused by a path traversal weakness. Successful exploitation allows remote unauthenticated attackers to access restricted functionality on vulnerable CSA systems (used as gateways to provide enterprise users secure […]