Tag Archives: vulnerability

Mars Rover Susceptible to Integer Overflow Vulnerability

Posted on September 10, 2015 by Carmelo

The Mars Rover has parts that run on VxWorks, and with that, bring some vulnerabilities. The Integer Overflow vulnerability was in the OS which allows targeting a specific part of the operating system and write to memory on the machine running. … Continue reading →

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Windows Vulnerable to FREAK

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Carmelo

Microsoft confirms that most production versions of Windows are susceptible to the FREAK vulnerability in schannel (secure channel), where an attacker can force a downgrade in the SSL and then perform a man-in-the-middle attack. I last reported that FREAK only … Continue reading →

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Factoring attack on RSA-EXPORT Keys (FREAK)

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Carmelo

Researchers disclosed a new SSL/TLS vulnerability — the FREAK attack. The vulnerability allows attackers to intercept HTTPS connections between vulnerable clients and servers and force them to use ‘export-grade’ cryptography, which can then be decrypted or altered. The ssl3_get_key_exchange function … Continue reading →

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Ghost to the Shell

Posted on January 27, 2015 by Carmelo

During a code audit, researchers at Qualys discovered a buffer overflow in the __nss_hostname_digits_dots() function of glibc which can get access to the shell. The GHOST vulnerability is a serious weakness in the Linux glibc library. It allows attackers to … Continue reading →

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Honeywell Point-of-Sale Systems Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Posted on December 16, 2014 by Carmelo

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Honeywell OPOS Suite. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific … Continue reading →

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OS X 10.10 rootpipe

Posted on November 1, 2014 by Carmelo

rootpipe, a privilege escalation vulnerability in OS X version 10.10, allows attackers to completely bypass logging in and gaining the highest administration privilege on a Mac. To protect against it, create a new admin user and remove the admin rights … Continue reading →

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SSL 3.0 POODLE

Posted on October 14, 2014 by Carmelo

Google security researchers have disclosed a vulnerability in SSL 3.0 that allows attackers to determine the plaintext of secure connections. Attackers can use the flaw to trigger network faults to push browsers back to the 15 year-old platform. POODLE is … Continue reading →

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BERserk Vulnerability

Posted on September 27, 2014 by Carmelo

If you use FireFox or Chrome as a web browser, it is time to update them. The Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) crypto library, a collection of cryptographic algorithms used for a variety of Internet standards currently allows for attackers … Continue reading →

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