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Everything you need to know about the new OpenSSL vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-3602 & CVE-2022-3786)
Before securing systems, we need to understand what we’re trying to secure and how to do it. Today we are exploring two new vulnerabilities that got the community's attention this month. Most importantly you will learn how to patch them and how impactful they are.
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Hacking tutorials
How to conduct a full network vulnerability assessment
The best ethical hackers build and maintain an outstanding workflow and process because it pays off – big time! When you’re always overwhelmed with work, it’s difficult to make time for tweaks and improvements, even if we both know they have compound returns in the long run.
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Authenticated Magento RCE with deserialized PHAR files
Back in August 2019, I reported a security vulnerability in Magento affecting versions 2.3.2, 2.3.3, and 2.3.4 using the HackerOne bug bounty platform. The bug impacted some installations of Magento and it allowed us to gain Remote Code Execution based on the way PHAR files are deserialized and by abusing Magento’s Protocol Directives.
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How to manually detect CVE-2022-21371 in Oracle WebLogic Servers
If you’re constantly thinking about better ways to discover critical vulnerabilities in systems, you are not alone. As a security researcher, I spend most of my time understanding their root cause and their potential impact on organizations, striving to help other security specialists communicate them effectively.
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Platform updates
April updates: Get RCE evidence for 6 critical CVEs
After weeks of working on auto-exploitation for this critical CVE (CVSSv3 9.8), we finally have it! As a Pentest-Tools.com customer, you can run Sniper Auto-Exploiter to get conclusive proof that validates targets vulnerable to this high-risk vulnerability, which bad actors have already shown interest in.
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How to exploit Zabbix Unsafe Session Storage (CVE-2022-23131)
Due to its increasing popularity and administrative access to most companies’ infrastructure, Zabbix has become a high-profile target for threat actors. So of course a security issue like the Unsafe Session Storage vulnerability attracts motivated cybercriminals. If it’s up to you to find exploitable targets and gather proof for vulnerability validation for your ethical hacking engagements, this guide is for you!
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How to manually detect and exploit Spring4Shell (CVE-2022-22965)
Just a few months after the Log4Shell brutally shook our world, when things started to look calm and peaceful again, the Vulnerability Gods have unleashed upon us. Another similarly named vulnerability in a popular Java framework – Spring4Shell – came to light. Is CVE-2022-22965 as dangerous and as widespread as its (slightly) older sibling? Stick with us to find out!
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March updates: Spring4Shell: find and confirm exploitable targets and more updates
If you instantly thought of Log4Shell when Spring4Shell emerged just a few days ago, you’re not alone. A coolheaded analysis reveals this CVE is not as severe as last year’s Log4j vulnerability. Nevertheless, it remains a priority in terms of detection and patching. Here’s why.
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How to detect and exploit Citrix ADC and Citrix Gateway (CVE-2020-8194)
Citrix systems are very popular, even famous, one could say. They even sponsor Formula 1 teams! But despite their notoriety, they use the FreeBSD OS on their devices and plain PHP for web services, so I got easy access to the code and analyzed it.
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