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Overview On 8 March 2023, PaperCut released new versions for their enterprise print management software, which included patches for two vulnerabilities: CVE-2023-27350 and CVE-2023-27351. The PaperCut security advisory details CVE-2023-27350 as a vulnerability that may allow an attacker to achieve remote code execution to compromise the PaperCut application server. PaperCut also details in this advisory…

Introduction Veeam has recently released an advisory for CVE-2023-27532 for Veeam Backup and Replication which allows an unauthenticated user with access to the Veeam backup service (TCP 9401 by default) to request cleartext credentials. Others, including Huntress, Y4er, and CODE WHITE , have provided insight into this vulnerability. In this post, we hope to offer…

On September 13, 2022, a new Kerberos vulnerability was published on the Microsoft Security Response Center's security site.  It's labeled as a Windows Kerberos Elevation of Privilege vulnerability and given the CVE ID CVE-2022-33679.  The MSRC page acknowledges James Forshaw of Google Project Zero for the disclosure and James published a detailed technical write-up of…

Introduction On Thursday, 16 February 2023, Fortinet released a PSIRT that details CVE-2022-39952, a critical vulnerability affecting its FortiNAC product. This vulnerability, discovered by Gwendal Guégniaud of Fortinet, allows an unauthenticated attacker to write arbitrary files on the system and as a result obtain remote code execution in the context of the root user. Extracting…

Introduction The recent VMware VMSA describes four new CVEs affecting VMware vRealize Log Insight, reported by ZDI. Three of these CVEs can be combined to give an attacker remote code execution as root. This vulnerability is exploitable in the default configuration for VMware vRealize Log Insight. We have successfully reproduced this exploit and would like…

Introduction The recent VMware VMSA describes four new CVEs affecting VMware vRealize Log Insight. Three of these CVEs can be combined to give an attacker remote code execution as root. This vulnerability is exploitable in the default configuration for VMware vRealize Log Insight. CVE-2022-31704: VMware vRealize Log Insight broken access control Vulnerability CVE-2022-31711: VMware vRealize…

Introduction On January 10, 2023, ManageEngine released a security advisory for CVE-2022-47966 (discovered by Khoadha of Viettel Cyber Security) affecting a wide range of products. The vulnerability allows an attacker to gain remote code execution by issuing a HTTP POST request containing a malicious SAML response. This vulnerability is a result of  using an outdated…

Introduction The recent ManageEngine CVE-2022-47966 is a pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability. Depending on the specific ManageEngine product, this vulnerability is exploitable if SAML single-sign-on is enabled or has ever been enabled. ManageEngine products are some of the most widely used across enterprises and perform business functions such as authentication, authorization, and identity management. Given the nature…

After compromising a Windows domain controller, one of the actions that NodeZero, our autonomous pentest product, performs is dumping all domain user password hashes from the Active Directory database. This is a common attacker technique, and the resulting dump is highly valuable to attackers. But did you know that this data is a great source…

On Tuesday, October 25 a new OpenSSL hot-fix release was announced which will patch a critical vulnerability that exists within the v3.0.X branch. OpenSSL 3.0.7 will be released on Tuesday, November 1 and in tandem the details of the vulnerability and its associated CVE will be made public. OpenSSL is an open source project that…