Security Advisories & Alerts

Microsoft Office RTF documents that leverage CVE-2017-0199 vulnerability

Description: This vulnerability allows a malicious actor to download and execute a Visual Basic script containing PowerShell commands when a user opens a document containing an embedded exploit. The vulnerability affects Microsoft Office, including the latest Office 2016 edition running on Windows 10. Impact: Researchers has observed Office documents exploiting CVE-2017-0199 that download and execute malware payloads from different well-known malware families. Mitigation: Updates are...

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Cisco Wireless LAN Controller IPv6 UDP Denial of Service Vulnerability: CVE-2016-9219

Description: The vulnerability is due to incomplete IPv6 UDP header validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted IPv6 UDP packet to a specific port on the targeted device. An exploit could allow the attacker to impact the availability of the device as it could unexpectedly reload. Impact:  Attackers can exploit this issue to cause denial-of-service conditions. Mitigation: Cisco has released software...

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Cisco Aironet 1830 Series and 1850 Series Access Points Mobility Express Default Credential Vulnerability: CVE-2017-3834

Description: The vulnerability is due to the existence of default credentials for an affected device that is running Cisco Mobility Express Software, regardless of whether the device is configured as a master, subordinate, or standalone access point. An attacker who has layer 3 connectivity to an affected device could use Secure Shell (SSH) to log in to the device with elevated privileges. A successful exploit...

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Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Management GUI Denial of Service Vulnerability: CVE-2017-3832

Description: The vulnerability is due to a missing internal handler for the specific request. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by accessing a specific hidden URL on the web management interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a reload of the device, resulting in a DoS condition. Impact: Attackers can exploit this issue to reload the affected device, denying service to legitimate...

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Linux Kernel CVE-2017-7184 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Description: The xfrm_replay_verify_len function in net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.6 does not validate certain size data after an XFRM_MSG_NEWAE update, which allows local users to obtain root privileges or cause a denial of service (heap-based out-of-bounds access) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability, as demonstrated during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2017 for the Ubuntu 16.10 linux-image-* package 4.8.0.41.52. Impact: Local attackers may exploit...

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