Cyber alerts

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February 2019

Published Thursday 21 February 2019 (12:00) (updated 14 February 2020)

Microsoft IIS DoS Vulnerability

Microsoft has released details of a vulnerability in their Internet Information Services (IIS) product. A remote threat actor could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service condition on an affected system.

CC-2940 Low

Published Wednesday 20 February 2019 (12:00) (updated 14 February 2020)

Intel Data Center Manager SDK Vulnerabilties

Intel has released details of multiple vulnerabilities in their Data Center Manager Software Development Kit (SDK) product.

CC-2939 Low

Published Monday 18 February 2019 (12:00) (updated 14 February 2020)

VMware Releases Security Updates

VMware has released security updates to address a vulnerability affecting multiple VMware products. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system.

CC-2938 Low

Published Friday 15 February 2019 (12:00) (updated 14 February 2020)

Mozilla Releases Security Update for Thunderbird

Mozilla has released a security update to address vulnerabilities in Thunderbird. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.

CC-2935 Low

Published Thursday 14 February 2019 (12:00) (updated 14 February 2020)

Astaroth Information Stealing Trojan

Astaroth is an information stealing trojan that was first observed in 2017 and has continued to evolve over time.

CC-2936 Low

Published Thursday 14 February 2019 (12:00) (updated 14 February 2020)

Dirty Sock Linux Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

A security researcher has released details of a vulnerability in the snapd daemon used to manage Canonical 'Snap' packages.

CC-2928 Low

Published Thursday 14 February 2019 (12:00) (updated 14 February 2020)

WordPress Simple Social Buttons Plugin Vulnerability

A security researcher has identified a vulnerability in the Simple Social Buttons plugin that is commonly used by WordPress site owners.

CC-2927 Low

Published Wednesday 13 February 2019 (12:00) (updated 14 February 2020)

runc Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Details of a privilege escalation vulnerability in the runc open-source container runtime have been disclosed by its maintainers. They claim a local threat actor could exploit this vulnerability to obtain administrative privileges within an affected container.

CC-2931 Low

Published Wednesday 13 February 2019 (12:00) (updated 14 February 2020)

Adobe Releases Security Updates

Adobe has released security updates to address vulnerabilities affecting Adobe Flash Player, Acrobat and Reader, ColdFusion, and Creative Cloud Desktop Application.

CC-2934 Low

Published Wednesday 13 February 2019 (12:00) (updated 14 February 2020)

Mozilla Releases Security Updates for Firefox

Mozilla has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Firefox and Firefox ESR. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.