Posts tagged Emergent Threat Response

4 min Vulnerability Management

Windows DNS Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2020-1350): What You Need to Know

On Tuesday, July 14, 2020, Microsoft released a patch for a 17-year-old remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Windows Domain Name System (DNS) servers discovered by Check Point researchers.

4 min Vulnerability Management

CVE-2020-6287: Critical Vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver Application Server (AS) Java

The new SAP vulnerability (RECON), a critical vulnerability affecting the SAP NetWeaver Application Server (AS) Java component LM Configuration Wizard, is a huge deal.

3 min Vulnerability Disclosure

CVE-2020-2021 Authentication Bypass in PAN-OS Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) Authentication Disclosed

On Monday, June 29, 2020, Palo Alto released details on CVE-2020-2021 a new, critical weakness in SAML authentication on PAN-OS devices.

5 min Research

CVE-2020-12271: Sophos XG Firewall Pre-Auth SQL Injection Vulnerability Remediation Guidance and Exposure Overview

On April 22, Sophos received a report documenting a suspicious field value visible in the management interface of an XG Firewall.

3 min Risk Management

CVE-2020-0796: Microsoft SMBv3 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Analysis

Rapid7 analysis and exposure data on CVE-2020-0796, a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft's SMBv3 protocol.

2 min Vulnerability Management

Rapid7 Analysis and Guidance: CDPwn (CVE-2020-3118)

This blog focuses on CVE-2020-3118, which Rapid7 considers to be the most severe and important of the CDPwn vulnerability group.

3 min Detection and Response

PHP Extension and Application Repository (PEAR) Compromise: What You Need to Know

According to the PHP Extension and Application Repository (PEAR), a security breach had been found on the `pear.php.net` web server.

4 min Linux

Patching CVE-2017-7494 in Samba: It's the Circle of Life

With the scent of scorched internet still lingering in the air from the WannaCry Ransomworm [https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2017/05/12/wanna-decryptor-wncry-ransomware-explained/] , today we see a new scary-and-potentially-incendiary bug hitting the twitter news. The vulnerability - CVE-2017-7494 - affects versions 3.5 (released March 1, 2010) and onwards of Samba, the defacto standard for providing Windows-based file and print services on Unix and Linux systems. We strongly recommend that s

4 min Emergent Threat Response

Managing the Impact of the Ebay Breach on You and Your Company

eBay announced [http://blog.ebay.com/ebay-inc-ask-ebay-users-change-passwords/] earlier today that they were the victims of an attack that compromised the email address, encrypted password, physical address, phone number and date of birth of eBay customers.  It's important to note that the company indicated that they have not detected any fraudulent network activity and that credit card information was not taken. Breached Credentials #1 Attack Vector and #1 Most Commonly Sold Information on Bl