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Tag: Logging

Tracking Administrator Sessions in Windows Environments

September 24, 2015 Logs Management / SIEM, OS, PowerShell, Security 14 comments

Tracking users with privileged access is a critical task in your security policy (SANS Critical Security Control #12). If the key point is to restrict the number of “power users” to the lowest, it’s not always easy. Most of them will argue that they need administrator rights “to be able to

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RSS NVD Vulnerabilities Feed

  • CVE-2022-48357 (emui, harmonyos) March 27, 2023
    Some products have the double fetch vulnerability. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause denial of service (DoS) attacks to the kernel.
  • CVE-2023-1079 (linux_kernel) March 27, 2023
    A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A use-after-free may be triggered in asus_kbd_backlight_set when plugging/disconnecting in a malicious USB device, which advertises itself as an Asus device. Similarly to the previous known CVE-2023-25012, but in asus devices, the work_struct may be scheduled by the LED controller while the device is disconnecting, triggering a […]
  • CVE-2023-0494 (enterprise_linux, enterprise_linux_aus, enterprise_linux_desktop, enterprise_linux_eus, enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems, enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_eus, enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian, enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian, enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian_eus, enterprise_linux_for_scientific_computing, enterprise_linux_server, enterprise_linux_server_aus, enterprise_linux_server_for_power_little_endian_update_services_for_sap_solutions, enterprise_linux_server_tus, enterprise_linux_server_update_services_for_sap_solutions, enterprise_linux_server_workstation, fedora, x_server) March 27, 2023
    A vulnerability was found in X.Org. This issue occurs due to a dangling pointer in DeepCopyPointerClasses that can be exploited by ProcXkbSetDeviceInfo() and ProcXkbGetDeviceInfo() to read and write into freed memory. This can lead to local privilege elevation on systems where the X server runs privileged and remote code execution for ssh X forwarding sessions.
  • CVE-2022-48428 (teamcity) March 27, 2023
    In JetBrains TeamCity before 2022.10.3 stored XSS on the SSH keys page was possible
  • CVE-2022-48427 (teamcity) March 27, 2023
    In JetBrains TeamCity before 2022.10.3 stored XSS on “Pending changes� and “Changes� tabs was possible
  • CVE-2023-0823 (cookie_notice_&_compliance_for_gdpr_/_ccpa) March 27, 2023
    The Cookie Notice & Compliance for GDPR / CCPA WordPress plugin before 2.4.7 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks
  • CVE-2023-1400 (modern_events_calendar_lite) March 27, 2023
    The Modern Events Calendar Lite WordPress plugin through 5.16.2 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
  • CVE-2023-1069 (complianz) March 27, 2023
    The Complianz WordPress plugin before 6.4.2, Complianz Premium WordPress plugin before 6.4.2 do not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks
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