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U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Unix Security Readiness Review (SRR) root compromise / VU#433821

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Unprivileged local users can obtain root access on Unix systems where
the DISA SRR scripts are run.  If a remote user can introduce a file
into the filesystem (e.g. anonymous ftp, http upload, cdrom, samba
share, etc.), root access may be obtained by remote, and potentially

Re: iPhone Safari phone-auto-dial vulnerability (original date: Nov. 2008)

>>>   iPhone Safari phone-auto-dial (vulnerability)
>>>
>>> Vulnerability class:
>>>   application logic bug
>>>
>>> Executive Summary:
>>>   A malicious website can initiate a phone call without the need of user
>>>   interaction. The destination phone number is chosen by the attacker.
>>>
>>> Risk: MEDIUM-HIGH
>>>   Medium to high risk due to the possibility of financial gain through

Nokia 6212 classic URI spoofing and DoS advisory (original date: Dec. 2008)

Subsystem: Near Field Communication

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Executive Summary:
  URL Spoofing when displaying the content of a NDEF
  URI tag. Web browser does not display full hostname when
  loading a web page.

  Crash of the parser for parts of a NDEF record, reboots

Positron Security Advisory #2009-001: Memcached and MemcacheDB ASLR Bypass Weakness

Date:    April 28th, 2009
URL:     <http://www.positronsecurity.com/advisories/2009-001.html>



I. Executive Summary

    Memcached [1] is a popular open-source, multi-platform database-
caching software program used to alleviate repetitive database
operations.  It was originally developed by Danga Interactive [2].
MemcacheDB [3] is a fork of the memcached project which adds

Nokia 6131 NFC URI/URL Spoofing and DoS Advisory

Subsystem: Near Field Communication

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Executive Summary:
 URI/URL Spoofing when displaying the content of a NDEF Smart Poster
 and plain URI tag. Web browser does not display full hostname when
 loading a web page.
  
 Crash of the parser for various parts of NDEF records, reboots 

Positron Security Advisory #2009-000: Multiple Vulnerabilities in MapServer v5.2.1 and v4.10.3

Date:    March 30th, 2009
URL:     <http://www.positronsecurity.com/advisories/2009-000.html>



I. Executive Summary

    MapServer [1] is a popular open-source, multi-platform program for
creating interactive map applications.  It was originally developed by
the University of Minnesota with support from the U.S. National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) [2].  It is currently

Re: iPhone Safari phone-auto-dial vulnerability (original date: Nov. 2008)

>>   iPhone Safari phone-auto-dial (vulnerability)
>>
>> Vulnerability class:
>>   application logic bug
>>
>> Executive Summary:
>>   A malicious website can initiate a phone call without the need of user
>>   interaction. The destination phone number is chosen by the attacker.
>>
>> Risk: MEDIUM-HIGH
>>   Medium to high risk due to the possibility of financial gain through

Re: iPhone Safari phone-auto-dial vulnerability (original date: Nov. 2008)

>   iPhone Safari phone-auto-dial (vulnerability)
>
>Vulnerability class:
>   application logic bug
>
>Executive Summary:
>   A malicious website can initiate a phone call without the need of user
>   interaction. The destination phone number is chosen by the attacker.
>
>Risk: MEDIUM-HIGH
>   Medium to high risk due to the possibility of financial gain through

iPhone Safari phone-auto-dial vulnerability (original date: Nov. 2008)

   iPhone Safari phone-auto-dial (vulnerability)

Vulnerability class:
   application logic bug

Executive Summary:
   A malicious website can initiate a phone call without the need of user
   interaction. The destination phone number is chosen by the attacker.

Risk: MEDIUM-HIGH
   Medium to high risk due to the possibility of financial gain through

[Wintercore Research] Consona Products - Multiple vulnerabilities

-Remote Code Execution
-Buffer Overflow
-Privilege escalation


Executive summary:

Consona products uses a propietary ActiveX site-lock mechanism that can
be defeated through XSS attacks.

Once an attacker can inject arbitrary JS code within the context of an

RE: Question about exploit exposing SSN & user info

      b.  Make sure that your documentation includes a risk analysis
(without the standard FUD)
      c.  Make sure that your documentation includes the research on
protection of personal information and breach notification
      d.  Make sure that your documentation includes both technical
details as well as an executive summary for non-technical executives
        
And last but not least . . . 

  4.  Make sure that you give this information to more than one person
in your company chain of command.  This will ensure that it does not get



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