Cisco Talos Blog

October 2, 2018 12:07

Vulnerability Spotlight: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Collab reviewServer Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Discovered by Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos Overview Today, Cisco Talos is releasing details of a new vulnerability within Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. Adobe Acrobat Reader is the most popular and most feature-rich PDF reader. It has a large user base, is usually a default PDF

October 1, 2018 08:30

Vulnerability Spotlight: Multiple vulnerabilities in Atlantis Word Processor

Vulnerabilities discovered by Cory Duplantis of Cisco Talos. Overview Cisco Talos is disclosing several vulnerabilities discovered in Atlantis Word Processor. Atlantis Word Processor is a portable word processor that is also capable of converting any TXT, RTF, ODT, DOC, WRI, o

September 25, 2018 13:21

Vulnerability Spotlight: Epee Levin Packet Deserialization Code Execution Vulnerability

This vulnerability was discovered by Lilith (>_>) of Cisco Talos. Overview The Epee library, which is leveraged by a large number of cryptocurrencies, contains an exploitable code execution vulnerability in the Levin deserialization functionality. An attacker can send a s

September 7, 2018 08:44

Vulnerability Spotlight: CVE-2018-3952 / CVE-2018-4010 - Multi-provider VPN Client Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

Discovered by Paul Rascagneres. Overview Cisco Talos has discovered two similar vulnerabilities in the ProtonVPN and NordVPN VPN clients. The vulnerabilities allow attackers to execute code as an administrator on Microsoft Windows operating systems from a standard user. The

July 26, 2018 11:06

Vulnerability Spotlight: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Samsung SmartThings Hub

These vulnerabilities were discovered by Claudio Bozzato of Cisco Talos. Executive Summary Cisco Talos recently discovered several vulnerabilities present within the firmware of the Samsung SmartThings Hub. In accordance with our coordinated disclosure policy, Cisco Talos has w

July 20, 2018 09:43

Vulnerability Spotlight: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Sony IPELA E Series Camera

Vulnerabilities discovered by Cory Duplantis and Claudio Bozzato of Cisco Talos. Overview Today, Cisco Talos is disclosing several vulnerabilities discovered with the Sony IPELA E Series Network Camera. Sony IPELA Cameras are network-facing cameras used for monitoring and surve

July 19, 2018 13:52

Vulnerability Spotlight: Foxit PDF Reader JavaScript Remote Code Execution Vulns

Overview Discovered by Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos.  Talos is disclosing a pair of vulnerabilities in Foxit PDF Reader. Foxit PDF Reader is a popular free program for viewing, creating, and editing PDF documents. It is commonly used as an alternative to Adobe Acrobat Reader

July 19, 2018 08:28

Vulnerability Spotlight: Multiple Vulnerabilities in ACD Systems Canvas Draw 4

These vulnerabilities were discovered by Tyler Bohan of Cisco Talos Today, Talos is disclosing several vulnerabilities that have been identified in Canvas Draw graphics editing tool for Macs. Canvas Draw 4 is a graphics editing tool used to create and edit images, as well as ot

July 11, 2018 14:00

Vulnerability Spotlight: Computerinsel Photoline Multiple Vulnerabilities

Vulnerabilities discovered by Tyler Bohan from Talos Overview Today, Cisco Talos is disclosing several vulnerabilities in Computerinsel Photoline. Photoline is an image-processing tool used to modify and edit images, as well as other graphic-related material. This product has