This whitepaper provides an overview of the MQTT protocol. MQTT is a is an open OASIS and ISO standard (ISO/IEC PRF 20922) lightweight, simple machine to machine TCP/IP based protocol which can be used for communication between IoT devices.

NEC Univerge SV9100/SV8100 WebPro version 10.0 suffers from a remote configuration download vulnerability. The gzipped telephone system configuration file 'config.gz' or 'config.pcpx' that contains the unencrypted data file 'conf.pcpn', can be downloaded by an attacker from the root directory if previously generated by a privileged user.

Procheckup has found by making a malformed request to the Juniper IVE Web interface without authentication, that a vanilla cross site scripting (XSS) attack is possible.

Certain Secure Access SA Series SSL VPN products (originally developed by Juniper Networks but now sold and supported by Pulse Secure, LLC) allow privilege escalation, as demonstrated by Secure Access SSL VPN SA-4000 5.1R5 (build 9627) 4.2 Release (build 7631). This occurs because appropriate controls are not performed.

Whitepaper called DevSecOps: A Secure Approach.

Whitepaper called From Zero Credentials to Full Domain Compromise. This paper covers techniques penetration testers can use in order to accomplish an initial foothold on target networks and achieve full domain compromise without executing third party applications or reusing clear text credentials.

Whitepaper called Blind CreateRemoteThread Privilege Escalation.

WordPress Media Library Assistant plugin version 2.81 suffers from a local file inclusion vulnerability.

Druva inSync Windows Client version 6.5.2 suffers from a local privilege escalation vulnerability.

Asterisk Project Security Advisory - The RTP support in Asterisk maintains its own registry of dynamic codecs and desired payload numbers. While an SDP negotiation may result in a codec using a different payload number these desired ones are still stored internally. When an RTP packet was received this registry would be consulted if the payload number was not found in the negotiated SDP. This registry was incorrectly consulted for all packets, even those which are dynamic. If the payload number resulted in a codec of a different type than the RTP stream (for example the payload number resulted in a video codec but the stream carried audio) a crash could occur if no stream of that type had been negotiated. This was due to the code incorrectly assuming that a stream of the type would always exist.

Microsoft Windows suffers from a Desktop Bridge Virtual Registry arbitrary file read / write privilege escalation vulnerability.

Microsoft Windows suffers from a Desktop Bridge Virtual Registry NtLoadKey arbitrary file read / write privilege escalation vulnerability.

This Metasploit module will bypass UAC on Windows 8-10 by hijacking a special key in the Registry under the Current User hive, and inserting a custom command that will get invoked when any binary (.exe) application is launched. But slui.exe is an auto-elevated binary that is vulnerable to file handler hijacking. When we run slui.exe with changed Registry key (HKCU:SoftwareClassesexefileshellopencommand), it will run our custom command as Admin instead of slui.exe. The module modifies the registry in order for this exploit to work. The modification is reverted once the exploitation attempt has finished. The module does not require the architecture of the payload to match the OS. If specifying EXE::Custom your DLL should call ExitProcess() after starting the payload in a different process.

This Metasploit module modifies a registry key, but cleans up the key once the payload has been invoked. The module does not require the architecture of the payload to match the OS.

The VMX process (vmware-vmx.exe) process configures and hosts an instance of VM. As is common with desktop virtualization platforms the VM host usually has privileged access into the OS such as mapping physical memory which represents a security risk. To mitigate this the VMX process is created with an elevated integrity level by the authentication daemon (vmware-authd.exe) which runs at SYSTEM. This prevents a non-administrator user opening the process and abusing its elevated access. Unfortunately the process is created as the desktop user which results in the elevated process sharing resources such as COM registrations with the normal user who can modify the registry to force an arbitrary DLL to be loaded into the VMX process. Affects VMware Workstation Windows version 14.1.5 (on Windows 10). Also tested on VMware Player version 15.

This Metasploit module exploits a flaw in the WSReset.exe file associated with the Windows Store. This binary has autoelevate privs, and it will run a binary file contained in a low-privilege registry location. By placing a link to the binary in the registry location, WSReset.exe will launch the binary as a privileged user.

This Metasploit module will bypass Windows UAC by hijacking a special key in the Registry under the current user hive, and inserting a custom command that will get invoked when Windows backup and restore is launched. It will spawn a second shell that has the UAC flag turned off. This module modifies a registry key, but cleans up the key once the payload has been invoked.

Trend Micro Maximum Security is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution as it allows for creation of registry key to target a process running as SYSTEM. This can allow a malware to gain elevated privileges to take over and shutdown services that require SYSTEM privileges like Trend Micros "Asmp" service "coreServiceShell.exe" which does not allow Administrators to tamper with them. This could allow an attacker or malware to gain elevated privileges and tamper with protected services by disabling or otherwise preventing them to start. Note administrator privileges are required to exploit this vulnerability.

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Microsoft Windows. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the Tracing functionality used by the Routing and Remote Access service. The issue results from the lack of proper permissions on registry keys that control this functionality. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute code in the context of SYSTEM.

School ERP Pro version 1.0 suffers from a remote code execution vulnerability.

Open-AudIT Professional version 3.3.1 suffers from a remote code execution vulnerability.

This Metasploit module attempts to exploit a race condition in mail.local with the SUID bit set on: NetBSD 7.0 - 7.0.1 (verified on 7.0.1), NetBSD 6.1 - 6.1.5, and NetBSD 6.0 - 6.0.6. Successful exploitation relies on a crontab job with root privilege, which may take up to 10min to execute.

NetBSD stack clash proof of concept exploit.

SWAPGS attack proof of concept exploit that demonstrates an information disclosure in the windows kernel.

Broadcom Wi-Fi device KR00K information disclosure proof of concept exploit. It works on WPA2 AES CCMP with Frequency 2.4GHz WLANs.

HP ThinPro versions 7.1, 7.0, 6.2.1, and 6.2 suffer from a local physical access information disclosure vulnerability.

Armis has discovered five critical, zero-day vulnerabilities in various implementations of the Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) that can allow remote attackers to completely take over devices.

Cisco Unified Contact Center Express suffers from a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Windows version 4.8.01090 suffer from a privilege escalation vulnerability due to insecure handling of path names.

Asterisk Project Security Advisory - A memory leak occurs when an Asterisk pjsip session object is created and that call gets rejected before the session itself is fully established. When this happens the session object never gets destroyed.

SGI IRIX 6.5 /usr/sysadm/bin/runpriv local root exploit.

This Metasploit module exploits an arbitrary command execution flaw in the in.lpd service shipped with all versions of Irix.

TBA is the first wardialer for the PalmOS platform. Using a Palm device with a modem, you can wardial from anywhere a phone line is available - throw it in a phone can to retrieve later, toss it up in the ceiling during a security audit - the possibilities are endless.