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Learn from hands-on guides how to detect and exploit high-risk RCEs affecting systems, frameworks, protocols, and more!
December updates: 6 new ways to make your workflow smoother
Hope 2022 is off to a great start for you! Supporting your security efforts is what we do, so here’s a fresh batch of platform updates we rolled out at the end of 2021. Why check them out? Because they’ll help you get more work done, faster with the same tools and features you know (and hopefully love!).
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How we detect and exploit Log4Shell to help you find targets using vulnerable Log4j versions
We’re breaking down our technique for detecting CVE-2021-44228 (Log4Shell) because we believe our users should understand what’s happening behind the scanners so they can avoid a false sense of security.
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How to detect the Zoho ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus RCE (CVE-2021-40539)
Overwhelmed by so many high-risk vulnerabilities that emerge? Thousands of them are disclosed every year and 2021 is no exception. Systems are complex, cyber attacks get more sophisticated, and patching is still a challenge for many organizations. As infosec pros, it’s our responsibility to help companies (and individuals) understand the real implications and impact of a critical vulnerability and help them find it before it gets worse.
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Detect and exploit Gitlab CE/EE RCE with Pentest-Tools.com (CVE-2021-22205)
“Just patch it!” is the usual advice when a vulnerability hits (and it’s not a zero-day). But it’s never that simple in organizations that have to manage layers upon layers of infrastructure. When you have to deal with a critical CVE like the latest unauthenticated RCE in Gitlab (CVSSv3 10.0), the tangled, messy process of patching bubbles to the surface.
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How to attack F5 BIG-IP using CVE-2020-5902 (TMUI RCE)
Let’s tackle a vulnerability that broke out not only in BIG-IP firewalls but also on social media! When a major issue affecting a security product emerges, it immediately makes the headlines, the paradox of the situation impossible to ignore.
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How to chain SMBleed and SMBGhost to get RCE in Windows 10
Think like an attacker, act like a defender. That’s the pentesters’ mantra, if you ask me. That’s why today we’re diving into one of the most interesting tactics that malicious actors use: vulnerability chaining.
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How to exploit the DotNetNuke Cookie Deserialization
We looked at around 300 DotNetNuke deployments in the wild and discovered that one in five installations was vulnerable to CVE-2017-9822. That includes governmental and banking websites. As part of this research, we discovered a Remote Code Execution vulnerability exploitable through DNN Cookie Deserialization in one of the U.S. Department Of Defense’s biggest websites. After having responsibly reported it through HackerOne, the DOD solved the high-severity vulnerability and disclosed the report, with all details now publicly available.
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Analysis of a WordPress Remote Code Execution attack
This article shows our analysis of a known attack (presented in February 2019) against WordPress versions 5.0.0 and lower, awarding an intruder with arbitrary code execution on the webserver. The article covers each exploitation step and HTTP request required for a successful attack.
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