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December 19, 2017 14:00

Vulnerability Spotlight: VMWare VNC Vulnerabilities

UPDATE 03/15/2018: Added details for Talos-2017-0376/CVE-2018-6957 which has been recently patched. Today, Talos is disclosing a pair of vulnerabilities in the VNC implementation used in VMWare's products that could result in code execution. VMWare implements VNC for its rem

November 15, 2017 10:36

Vulnerability Spotlight: Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities Within libxls

Vulnerabilities discovered by Marcin Noga of Cisco Talos Talos is releasing seven new vulnerabilities discovered within the libxls library: TALOS-2017-0403, TALOS-2017-0404, TALOS-2017-0426, TALOS-2017-0460, TALOS-2017-0461, TALOS-2017-0462, and TALOS-2017-0463. These vulnerabil

October 24, 2017 16:51

Threat Spotlight: Follow the Bad Rabbit

Note: This blog post discusses active research by Talos into a new threat. This information should be considered preliminary and will be updated as research continues. Update 2017-10-26 16:10 EDT: added additional information regarding the links between Nyetya and BadRabbit Upd

September 7, 2017 18:42

Another Apache Struts Vulnerability Under Active Exploitation

This post authored by Nick Biasini with contributions from Alex Chiu. Earlier this week, a critical vulnerability in Apache Struts was publicly disclosed in a security advisory. This new vulnerability, identified as CVE-2017-9805, manifests due to the way the REST plugin uses XS

August 28, 2017 11:30

Vulnerability Spotlight: Lexmark Perceptive Document Filters Code Execution Bugs

Overview Talos is disclosing a pair of code execution vulnerabilities in Lexmark Perceptive Document Filters. Perceptive Document Filters are a series of libraries that are used to parse massive amounts of different types of file formats for multiple purposes. Talos has previous

August 8, 2017 12:15

Vulnerability Spotlight: Adobe Reader DC Parser Confusion

Parser vulnerabilities in common software packages such as Adobe Acrobat Reader pose a significant security risk to large portions of the internet. The fact that these software packages typically have a large footprints often gives attackers a broad attack surface they can potent

July 11, 2017 10:29

Vulnerability Spotlight: Iceni Infix PDF Editor Memory Corruption

Today, Talos is disclosing a vulnerability that has been identified in Iceni Infix PDF Editor that could lead to arbitrary code execution on affected hosts. This vulnerability manifests in a way that could be exploited if a user opens a specifically crafted PDF file that triggers

June 19, 2017 11:45

Vulnerability Spotlight: Multiple Foscam C1 Vulnerabilities Come in to Focus

Executive Summary The Foscam C1 is a webcam that is marketed for use in a variety of applications including home security monitoring. As an indoor webcam, it is designed to be set up inside of a building and features the ability to be accessed remotely via a web interface or from

June 14, 2017 14:41

Deep dive in Lexmark Perceptive Document Filters Exploitation

This post authored by Marcin Noga with contributions from Nick Biasini Introduction Talos discovers and releases software vulnerabilities on a regular basis. We don't always publish a deep technical analysis of how the vulnerability was discovered or its potential impact.