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Comparitech report calls for further protection of children’s data online as legislation in many countries deemed insufficient
India’s SpiceJet Strands Planes After Being Hit By Ransomware Attack
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SpiceJet planes have been stranded following a ransomware attack on Tuesday
USN-5449-1: libXv vulnerability
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It was discovered that libXv incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial
of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
CVE-2021-4231
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A vulnerability was found in Angular up to 11.0.4/11.1.0-next.2. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is the handling of comments. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to launch the attack remotely but it might require an authentication first. Upgrading to version 11.0.5 and 11.1.0-next.3 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is ba8da742e3b243e8f43d4c63aa842b44e14f2b09. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
CVE-2021-34360
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A cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability has been reported to affect QNAP device running Proxy Server. If exploited, this vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject malicious code. We have already fixed this vulnerability in the following versions of Proxy Server: QTS 4.5.x: Proxy Server 1.4.2 ( 2021/12/30 ) and later QuTS hero h5.0.0: Proxy Server 1.4.3 ( 2022/01/18 ) and later QuTScloud c4.5.6: Proxy Server 1.4.2 ( 2021/12/30 ) and later
Ransomware demands acts of kindness to get your files back
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The great thing about working in the world of cybersecurity is that there’s always something new. You may think you’ve seen it all, and then something comes along that completely surprises you.
And that’s certainly true of the GoodWill ransomware…
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
Using 2FA phone numbers for targeted advertising. One of the dumbest ways ever for a company to abuse its users’ trust. Take a bow, Twitter. And have a $150 million fine too.
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Twitter has been fined $150 million for using phone numbers submitted by users to boost their security… for targeted advertising.
CWE-99 – Improper Control of Resource Identifiers (‘Resource Injection’)
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Description
The software receives input from an upstream component, but it does not restrict or incorrectly restricts the input before it is used as an identifier for a resource that may be outside the intended sphere of control.
Modes of Introduction:
– Architecture and Design
Likelihood of Exploit: High
Related Weaknesses
Consequences
Confidentiality, Integrity: Read Application Data, Modify Application Data, Read Files or Directories, Modify Files or Directories
An attacker could gain access to or modify sensitive data or system resources. This could allow access to protected files or directories including configuration files and files containing sensitive information.
Potential Mitigations
Phase: Implementation
Effectiveness:
Description:
CVE References
CWE-98 – Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program (‘PHP Remote File Inclusion’)
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Description
The PHP application receives input from an upstream component, but it does not restrict or incorrectly restricts the input before its usage in “require,” “include,” or similar functions.
In certain versions and configurations of PHP, this can allow an attacker to specify a URL to a remote location from which the software will obtain the code to execute. In other cases in association with path traversal, the attacker can specify a local file that may contain executable statements that can be parsed by PHP.
Modes of Introduction:
– Implementation
Likelihood of Exploit: High
Related Weaknesses
CWE-706
CWE-829
CWE-94
CWE-426
Consequences
Integrity, Confidentiality, Availability: Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands
The attacker may be able to specify arbitrary code to be executed from a remote location. Alternatively, it may be possible to use normal program behavior to insert php code into files on the local machine which can then be included and force the code to execute since php ignores everything in the file except for the content between php specifiers.
Potential Mitigations
Phase: Architecture and Design
Effectiveness:
Description:
Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
Phase: Architecture and Design
Effectiveness:
Description:
Phase: Architecture and Design
Effectiveness:
Description:
For any security checks that are performed on the client side, ensure that these checks are duplicated on the server side, in order to avoid CWE-602. Attackers can bypass the client-side checks by modifying values after the checks have been performed, or by changing the client to remove the client-side checks entirely. Then, these modified values would be submitted to the server.
Phase: Architecture and Design, Operation
Effectiveness: Limited
Description:
The effectiveness of this mitigation depends on the prevention capabilities of the specific sandbox or jail being used and might only help to reduce the scope of an attack, such as restricting the attacker to certain system calls or limiting the portion of the file system that can be accessed.
Phase: Architecture and Design, Operation
Effectiveness:
Description:
Run your code using the lowest privileges that are required to accomplish the necessary tasks [REF-76]. If possible, create isolated accounts with limited privileges that are only used for a single task. That way, a successful attack will not immediately give the attacker access to the rest of the software or its environment. For example, database applications rarely need to run as the database administrator, especially in day-to-day operations.
Phase: Implementation
Effectiveness: High
Description:
Phase: Architecture and Design, Operation
Effectiveness:
Description:
Phase: Architecture and Design, Implementation
Effectiveness:
Description:
Phase: Operation
Effectiveness: Moderate
Description:
Use an application firewall that can detect attacks against this weakness. It can be beneficial in cases in which the code cannot be fixed (because it is controlled by a third party), as an emergency prevention measure while more comprehensive software assurance measures are applied, or to provide defense in depth.
An application firewall might not cover all possible input vectors. In addition, attack techniques might be available to bypass the protection mechanism, such as using malformed inputs that can still be processed by the component that receives those inputs. Depending on functionality, an application firewall might inadvertently reject or modify legitimate requests. Finally, some manual effort may be required for customization.
Phase: Operation, Implementation
Effectiveness:
Description:
Develop and run your code in the most recent versions of PHP available, preferably PHP 6 or later. Many of the highly risky features in earlier PHP interpreters have been removed, restricted, or disabled by default.
Phase: Operation, Implementation
Effectiveness:
Description:
Phase: Operation
Effectiveness: High
Description:
Set allow_url_fopen to false, which limits the ability to include files from remote locations.
Be aware that some versions of PHP will still accept ftp:// and other URI schemes. In addition, this setting does not protect the code from path traversal attacks (CWE-22), which are frequently successful against the same vulnerable code that allows remote file inclusion.
CVE References
- CVE-2004-0285
- Modification of assumed-immutable configuration variable in include file allows file inclusion via direct request.
- CVE-2004-0030
- Modification of assumed-immutable configuration variable in include file allows file inclusion via direct request.
- CVE-2004-0068
- Modification of assumed-immutable configuration variable in include file allows file inclusion via direct request.
- CVE-2005-2157
- Modification of assumed-immutable configuration variable in include file allows file inclusion via direct request.
- CVE-2005-2162
- Modification of assumed-immutable configuration variable in include file allows file inclusion via direct request.
- CVE-2005-2198
- Modification of assumed-immutable configuration variable in include file allows file inclusion via direct request.
- CVE-2004-0128
- Modification of assumed-immutable variable in configuration script leads to file inclusion.
- CVE-2005-1864
- PHP file inclusion.
- CVE-2005-1869
- PHP file inclusion.
- CVE-2005-1870
- PHP file inclusion.
- CVE-2005-2154
- PHP local file inclusion.
- CVE-2002-1704
- PHP remote file include.
- CVE-2002-1707
- PHP remote file include.
- CVE-2005-1964
- PHP remote file include.
- CVE-2005-1681
- PHP remote file include.
- CVE-2005-2086
- PHP remote file include.
- CVE-2004-0127
- Directory traversal vulnerability in PHP include statement.
- CVE-2005-1971
- Directory traversal vulnerability in PHP include statement.
- CVE-2005-3335
- PHP file inclusion issue, both remote and local; local include uses “..” and “%00” characters as a manipulation, but many remote file inclusion issues probably have this vector.
- CVE-2009-1936
- chain: library file sends a redirect if it is directly requested but continues to execute, allowing remote file inclusion and path traversal.
CWE-97 – Improper Neutralization of Server-Side Includes (SSI) Within a Web Page
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Description
The software generates a web page, but does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input that could be interpreted as a server-side include (SSI) directive.
Modes of Introduction:
– Architecture and Design
Likelihood of Exploit:
Related Weaknesses
Consequences
Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability: Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands
Potential Mitigations
CVE References