Adobe has emitted Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability software updates to address Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability a critical vulnerability in Flash Player for Windows , Mac , and Linux . PC owners and admins will want to upgrade Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability their copies of Flash to version 31.0.0.153 or later in order to get Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability the patch – or just dump the damn thing all together . The November 20 security update addresses Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability a single flaw , designated Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability CVE-2018-15981 . It is a type confusion bug that can be exploited Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability to achieve remote code execution . Basically , an attacker could slip the exploit code into a Flash .swf file , put it on a web page , and covertly install malware on any vulnerable machine that visits the page . Because Adobe does not maintain a fixed patching schedule Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability for Flash Player , this is n't technically considered an out-of-band band-aid . However , the update does come Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability just one week after Adobe pushed out Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability a handful of fixes for Patch Tuesday , including one for an information disclosure vulnerability in Flash Player . That Adobe would post Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability another update just one week after their last patch should underscore that CVE-2018-15981 is a serious enough vulnerability to be a priority fix Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability for users and admins . After installing Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability this latest fix , those who are tired of the constant security threats might also want to consider taking the advice of multiple security experts and developers and at least disable Flash by default if not permanently . The notoriously vulnerable plugin has long since been surpassed by HTML5 , and most major websites have already transitioned away from Flash , leaving it only really useful for specific sites and applications . Even Adobe wants to kill off Flash . The Photoshop giant has said that by 2020 it plans to formally retire the plugin once and for all .

A flaw in Safari – that allows an attacker to spoof Attack.Phishing websites and trick Attack.Phishing victims into handing over their credentials – has yet to be patched Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability . A browser address bar spoofing flaw was found Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability by researchers this week in Safari – and Apple has yet issue Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability a patch for the flaw . Researcher Rafay Baloch on Monday disclosed Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability two proof-of-concepts revealing Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability how vulnerabilities in Edge browser 42.17134.1.0 and Safari iOS 11.3.1 could be abused to manipulate the browsers ’ address bars , tricking victims into thinking they are visiting a legitimate website . Baloch told Threatpost Wednesday that Apple has promised to fix Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability the flaw in its next security update for Safari . “ Apple has told [ me ] that the latest beta of iOS 12 also addresses Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability the issue , however they haven ’ t provided any dates , ” he said . Apple did not respond to multiple requests for comment from Threatpost . Microsoft for its part has fixed Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability the vulnerability Baloch found Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability in the Edge browser , ( CVE-2018-8383 ) in its August Patch Tuesday release . According to Microsoft ’ s vulnerability advisory released Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability August 14 , the spoofing flaw exists because Edge does not properly parse HTTP content . Both flaws stem from the Edge and Safari browsers allowing JavaScript to update the address bar while the page is still loading . This means that an attacker could request data from a non-existent port and , due to the delay induced by the setInterval function , trigger the address bar spoofing . The browser would then preserve the address bar and load the content from the spoofed page , Baloch said in his blog breaking down both vulnerabilities . From there , the attacker could spoof Attack.Phishing the website , using it to lure Attack.Phishing in victims and potentially gather credentials or spread malware . For instance , the attacker could send Attack.Phishing an email message containing the specially crafted URL to the user , convince the user to click it , and take them to the link which could gather their credentials or sensitive information . “ As per Google , Address bar is the only reliable indicator for ensuring the identity of the website , if the Address bar points to Facebook.com and the content is hosted on attacker ’ s website , there is no reason why someone would not fall for this , ” Baloch told Threatpost . In a video demonstration , Baloch showed how he could visit a link for the vulnerable browser on Edge ( http : //sh3ifu [ . ] com/bt/Edge-Spoof.html ) , which would take him to a site purporting to be Attack.Phishing Gmail login . However , while the URL points to a Gmail address , the content is hosted on sh3ifu.com , said Baloch . The Safari proof-of-concept is similar , except for one constraint where it does not allow users to type their information into the input boxes while the page is in a loading state . However , Bolach said he was able to circumvent this restriction by injecting a fake keyboard using Javascript – a common practice in banking sites . No other browsers – including Chrome or Firefox – were discovered Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability to have the flaw , said Baloch . Baloch is known for discovering Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability similar vulnerabilities in Chrome , Firefox and other major browsers in 2016 , which also allowed attackers to spoof URLs in the address bar . The vulnerabilities were disclosed Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability to both Microsoft and Apple and Baloch gave both a 90-day deadline before he went public Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability with the flaws . Due to the Safari browser bug being unpatched Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability , Baloch said he has not yet released a Proof of Concept : “ However considering there is a slight difference between the Edge browser POC and Safari , anyone with decent knowledge of Javascript can make it work on Safari , ” he told us .

Adobe 's scheduled October update for its Acrobat and Reader PDF software addresses Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability 85 vulnerabilities , including dozens of critical flaws that allow arbitrary code execution . The patches also address Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability multiple privilege-escalation and information-disclosure flaws , shoring up Adobe 's PDF software further following a patch for a critical Acrobat and Reader flaw plugged Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability two weeks ago . The bugs affect Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability Acrobat DC and Reader versions 2018.011.20063 and earlier from Adobe 's continuous track , Acrobat 2017 and Acrobat Reader 2017 2017.011.30102 , and Acrobat DC and Reader DC versions 2015.006.30452 and earlier from Adobe 's classic 2015 track . The flaws affect Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability the software running on Windows and macOS systems . This update Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability is the largest set of fixes Adobe 's PDF software since it swatted Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability 105 vulnerabilities in July . However , fortunately the company says it is not currently aware Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability of any exploits in the wild for bugs fixed Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability in this update Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability . Users and admins nonetheless should install fixed versions , according to Adobe , because if an attacker developed an exploit it could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user because the software is sandboxed . Since PDFs are still widely used in the enterprise , hackers continue to develop new techniques to break the sandbox by combining PDF attacks with operating system flaws . This happened earlier this year , prompting a warning Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability from Adobe in May after it was informed Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability by researchers at ESET and Microsoft that they 'd discovered Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability a malicious PDF using a zero-day remote code execution flaw in Reader with a sandbox-busting Windows privilege escalation flaw . Adobe credits researchers from Qihoo 360 , Cisco Talos , Beihang University , Palo Alto Networks , and Check Point for reporting Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability flaws patched Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability in the October update . Check Point researcher Omri Herscovici was responsible for reporting Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability 35 of this month 's bugs , all of which were information disclosure flaws .

Oracle has released Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability a wide-ranging security update to address Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability more than 300 CVE-listed vulnerabilities in its various enterprise products . The October release covers the gamut of Oracle 's offerings , including its flagship Database , E-Business Suite , and Fusion Middleware packages . For Database , the update addresses Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability a total of three flaws . Two of the vulnerabilities ( CVE-2018-3259 and CVE-2018-3299 ) can be remotely exploited Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability without authentication , while the third , CVE-2018-7489 , would require the user to have a Rapid Home Provisioning account to execute and is considered by far the least severe of the three . Oracle noted Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability that all three bugs only impact Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability the server versions of Database , user clients are not considered to be vulnerable Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability . For Fusion Middleware , the update will include a total of 56 CVE-listed flaws , including 12 that are remotely exploitable with CVSS base scores of 9.8 , meaning an exploit would be fairly easy to pull off and offer near total control of the target machine . Of those 12 , five were for critical flaws in WebLogic Server . Java SE will get Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability 12 security fixes , with all but one being for remotely exploitable vulnerabilities in that platform . Oracle notes Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability that though the CVSS scores for the flaws are fairly high , Solaris and Linux machines running software with lower user privileges will be considered to be at a lower risk than Windows environments that typically operate with admin privileges . MySQL was the target of 38 CVE-listed bug fixes this month , through just three of those are remotely exploitable . The two most serious , CVE-2018-11776 and CVE-2018-8014 , concern remote code flaws in MySQL Enterprise Monitor . PeopleSoft will see 24 bug fixes , 21 of which can be remotely targeted and seven that would not require any user interaction . Just one of the 24 flaws was given a CVSS base score higher than 7.2. in the Oracle listing . Sun products were the subject of 19 security fixes , including two remote code execution flaws in XCP Firmware . libssh bug more like `` oh SSH… '' Once admins get Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability the Oracle patches in place , they will want to take a close look at the write-up for CVE-2018-10933 , an authentication bypass for libssh that would allow an attacker to get into a target machine by sending a `` SSH2_MSG_USERAUTH_SUCCESS '' message when it expects a `` SSH2_MSG_USERAUTH_REQUEST '' message . That means any miscreant can log in without a password or other credential . As you can imagine , this is a very bad thing . Fortunately , the bug does not affect OpenSSH – and thus does not affect the hugely widespread sshd and ssh tools – but rather applications , such as KDE and XMBC , that use libssh as a dependency .

Last month , Microsoft Patch Tuesday addressed Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability 60 vulnerabilities that also included two zero-day flaws . This month also , the tech giant released Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability a huge patch update to mitigate Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability various flaws in its products . The Microsoft September patch fixed Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability around 61 different vulnerabilities . The patch bundle also included a fix for the recently discovered APLC zero-day vulnerability that has already created trouble . Recently , a zero-day vulnerability disclosed Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability on Twitter has created a lot of chaos as it was immediately exploited Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability in a malware campaign . The APLC zero-day flaw gained attention after a Twitter user with the alias SandboxEscaper disclosed Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability it in a tweet . Later , a CERT/CC researcher verified Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability the bug . This vulnerability in the Windows Task Scheduler allowed an attacker to gain System-level access . As promised at that time by the firm , the Microsoft September patch has addressed Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability this Advanced Local Procedure Call ( ALPC ) flaw . As disclosed Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability in their advisory , Microsoft acknowledged Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability the exploitation of this vulnerability ( CVE-2018-8440 ) . Explaining the details about the bug and the patch released Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability , Microsoft states , “ To exploit this vulnerability , an attacker would first have to log on to the system . An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability and take control over an affected system . The update addresses Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability the vulnerability by correcting how Windows handles calls to ALPC. ” Besides the single APLC zero-day flaw , Microsoft also patched Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability 61 other flaws in various products , including 17 critical vulnerabilities . The affected software receiving Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability the bug fixes include Microsoft Windows , Microsoft Edge , ChakraCore , Microsoft Office and Web Apps , Microsoft.Data.OData , Internet Explorer , ASP.NET and the .NET Framework . In addition , the Microsoft September patch also addressed Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability a flaw in the Adobe Flash Player ( CVE-2018-15967 ) . Although Adobe also released Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability a fix for this vulnerability along with other fixes released Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability this week in the September Update pack .

Google has released Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability the September 2018 Android security update for the supported Nexus and Pixel devices . The September Android security update fixes Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability as many as 59 issues through two different patch levels and comes as the first update for the devices running Android 9.0 Pie that the search giant released Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability as its latest Android version last month . It addresses Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability vulnerabilities ranging from high to critical . However , Google , as usual , assures that there are no reports of users being affected Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability by the security issues that have been fixed Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability through the new update . The list of compatible devices for the September Android security update includes Pixel 2 ₹ 38,499 , Pixel 2 XL ₹ 36,950 , Pixel , Pixel XL ₹ 66,991 , Pixel C , Nexus 5X , and Nexus 6P . Essential Products has also separately released Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability the newest Android security update for the Essential Phone . Detailing the fixes , Google in the latest security bulletin notes that the September Android security patch level dated 2018-09-01 addresses Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability 24 issues , while the security patch level dated 2018-09-05 fixes Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability 35 issues . The update fixes Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability vulnerabilities range from high to critical , and the most severe in the list is a security issue related to the media framework that could let a remote attacker execute arbitrary code using a specially crafted file . Also , it fixes Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability issues within the Android runtime , framework , and library . Google has assured that there are no reports of any active customer exploitation or abuse through the reported issues . As per the dedicated bulletin for Google devices , the September Android security update includes 15 security fixes and three functional updates . The update improves Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability software version reporting and audio quality over car speakers on all Pixel devices .

Google has released Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability the September 2018 Android security update for the supported Nexus and Pixel devices . The September Android security update fixes Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability as many as 59 issues through two different patch levels and comes as the first update for the devices running Android 9.0 Pie that the search giant released Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability as its latest Android version last month . It addresses Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability vulnerabilities ranging from high to critical . However , Google , as usual , assures that there are no reports of users being affected Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability by the security issues that have been fixed Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability through the new update . The list of compatible devices for the September Android security update includes Pixel 2 ₹ 38,499 , Pixel 2 XL ₹ 36,950 , Pixel , Pixel XL ₹ 66,991 , Pixel C , Nexus 5X , and Nexus 6P . Essential Products has also separately released Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability the newest Android security update for the Essential Phone . Detailing the fixes , Google in the latest security bulletin notes that the September Android security patch level dated 2018-09-01 addresses Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability 24 issues , while the security patch level dated 2018-09-05 fixes Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability 35 issues . The update fixes Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability vulnerabilities range from high to critical , and the most severe in the list is a security issue related to the media framework that could let a remote attacker execute arbitrary code using a specially crafted file . Also , it fixes Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability issues within the Android runtime , framework , and library . Google has assured that there are no reports of any active customer exploitation or abuse through the reported issues . As per the dedicated bulletin for Google devices , the September Android security update includes 15 security fixes and three functional updates . The update improves Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability software version reporting and audio quality over car speakers on all Pixel devices .

Cisco has plugged Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability two severe vulnerabilities affecting Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability its Digital Network Architecture ( DNA ) Center software . Appliances running Cisco 's DNA Center software before Release 1.1.4 are vulnerable Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability to an authentication bypass that could allow a remote attacker to `` take complete control '' of its identity management functions . Network admins can use the DNA Center interface to add new devices to the network and manage them based on enterprise policies . DNA Center is part of Cisco 's toolkit for internet-based networking . Lax security restrictions on key DNA management functions mean an attacker could send a valid identity management request to an affected system and then change existing system users or create new users , according to Cisco . The flaw , which is tracked as Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability CVE-2018-0448 , is rated critical and has a Common Vulnerability Scoring System ( CVSS ) v 3.0 rating of 9.8 out of 10 . It 's fixed Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability in release 1.1.4 and later and since there are no workarounds , admins will need to update Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability to these releases to fix Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability the bug . Cisco also fixed Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability another critical DNA Center flaw , CVE-2018-15386 , which could give a remote attacker direct access to core management functions . An attacker could exploit the bug by directly connecting to exposed Attack.Databreach DNA Center services and from there obtain Attack.Databreach or change critical system files . This bug is due to insecure default configurations affecting Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability DNA Center release 1.1 Again , there are no workarounds for the bug , so admins will need to update Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability to release 1.2 and later . Both flaws were found Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability during internal testing . Cisco is not aware of any exploits in the wild for the flaws . Cisco has also fixed Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability a critical flaw affecting Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability Cisco Prime Infrastructure ( PI ) that could let a remote attacker upload any file they wishwithout requiring authentication . The file could be used to execute commands . On PI , Trivial File Transfer Protocol ( TFTP ) is enabled by default and accessible from the web interface , which an attacker could use toupload a malicious file . Customers should check Cisco 's advisory to determine whether they 're running a fixed release . It also has workarounds for some releases . The flaw was reported Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability by independent security researcher Pedro Ribeiro through Beyond Security 's SecuriTeam Secure Disclosure program . Beyond Security notes in its detailed report about the PI issue that Ribeiro identified Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability two flaws but only one was fixed Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability in Cisco 's patch . `` The first vulnerability is a file-upload vulnerability that allows the attacker to upload and execute JSP files as the Apache Tomcat user . '' `` The second vulnerability is a privilege escalation to root by bypassing execution restrictions in a SUID binary . `` From our assessment the provided fix only addresses Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability the file uploading part of the exploit , not the file inclusion , the ability to execute arbitrary code through it or the privileges escalation issue that the product has . '' Cisco also released Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability patches for 33 more high- and medium-severity flaws affecting Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability WebEx , SD-WAN products , and its ASA security appliances .

Microsoft has issued Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability an emergency , out-of-band patch for an Internet Explorer zero-day that was being actively exploited Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability in targeted attacks . The company says that it learned about the vulnerability through a report from Google . CVE-2018-8653 affects Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability a range of versions of Internet Explorer from 9 to 11 , across Windows 7 to 10 and Windows Server . The vulnerability amounts to a remote code execution exploit , and it was first spotted Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability by Google 's Threat Analysis Group . Microsoft explains Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability that a problem with Internet Explorer 's scripting engine could be exploited Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability by an attacker to execute arbitrary code on a victim 's computer . In a short security advisory , the company says : Today , we released Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability a security update for Internet Explorer after receiving a report Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability from Google about a new vulnerability being used in targeted attacks . Customers who have Windows Update enabled and have applied Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability the latest security updates , are protected automatically . We encourage customers to turn on automatic updates . Microsoft would like to thank Google for their assistance . In a more detailed security vulnerability posting , Microsoft explains the impact of the problem : A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Internet Explorer . The vulnerability could corrupt memory in such a way that an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user . An attacker who successfully exploited Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability the vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the current user . If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights , an attacker who successfully exploited Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability the vulnerability could take control of an affected system . An attacker could then install programs ; view , change , or delete data ; or create new accounts with full user rights . In a web-based attack scenario , an attacker could host a specially crafted website that is designed Attack.Phishing to exploit the vulnerability through Internet Explorer and then convince Attack.Phishing a user to view the website , for example , by sending Attack.Phishing an email . The security update addresses Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability the vulnerability by modifying Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability how the scripting engine handles objects in memory .

Microsoft has seen Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability its share of issues as of late , and now a seemingly simple patch is causing serious issues to certain laptops running the 2016 Anniversary Update . The update was originally released Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability to prevent a zero-day attack on IE . Per Microsoft , this was the issue being fixed Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability : A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Internet Explorer . The vulnerability could corrupt memory in such a way that an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user . An attacker who successfully exploited Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability the vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the current user . If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights , an attacker who successfully exploited Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability the vulnerability could take control of an affected system . An attacker could then install programs ; view , change , or delete data ; or create new accounts with full user rights . In a web-based attack scenario , an attacker could host a specially crafted website that is designed Attack.Phishing to exploit the vulnerability through Internet Explorer and then convince Attack.Phishing a user to view the website , for example , by sending Attack.Phishing an email . The security update addresses Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability the vulnerability by modifying how the scripting engine handles objects in memory . But now that fix is causing a pretty big problem of its own : it ’ s preventing certain laptops from booting . The affected machines are part of a pretty small bunch—only Lenovo laptops with less than 8 GB of RAM running the 2016 Anniversary Update ( 1607 ) —but it ’ s still a pretty bad problem to have . Fortunately , there ’ s a way to bypass the failed boot by restarting into the UEFI and disabling Secure Boot . It ’ s also noted that if BitLocker is enabled that you may have to go through BitLocker recovery after disabling Secure Boot . On the upside , Microsoft is working with Lenovo to correct Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability the issue and will release Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability a fix sometime in the future . I just wouldn ’ t count on it before the end of the year . Until then , be careful when updating devices , especially if they happen to be Lenovo laptops with limited RAM .

A privilege escalation flaw in McAfee 's True Key software remains open to exploitation despite multiple attempts to patch Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability it . This according to researchers with security shop Exodus Intel , who claim Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability that CVE-2018-6661 was not fully addressed Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability with either of the two patches McAfee released Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability for it . The flaw is an elevation of privilege issue in McAfee 's TrueKey password manager . An exploit can be carried out on a guest account by side-loading a specially-crafted DLL into True Key that would then allow for commands and code to be executed with system-level privileges . McAfee 's summary of the flaw , published Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability on March 30 , lists it as a 'high ' severity issue that was patched Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability in version 4.20.110 - which was released Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability in April . Exodus says that the April release did n't fully fix Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability the bug , however . The researchers explain that McAfee 's patch only addresses Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability one of the libraries ( SDKLibAdapter ) that would allow the attack to take place , with another DLL ( NLog logging library ) being left vulnerable Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability to the same side-loading tactic . `` The patch is incomplete because it overlooks this and hence the nlog.dll can be utilized to allow arbitrary code execution just as the McAfee.TrueKey.SDKLibAdapter.dll could be used in versions prior to the patch , '' Exodus researchers Omar El-Domeiri and Gaurav Baruah said . `` Furthermore , any other McAfee signed binary can be used to exploit the vulnerability as long as the binary depends on a DLL outside the list of known DLLs . '' Exodus said Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability that it notified Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability McAfee of the issue back in August , prompting Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability a second patch that , unfortunately , also failed to fully remedy Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability the issue . `` However , we tested the latest version available ( 5.1.173.1 as of September 7th , 2018 ) and found Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability that it remains vulnerable Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability requiring no changes to our exploit . '' To its credit , McAfee acknowledged Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability the issue and said it is still working to fully resolve Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability the flaw . `` McAfee has been working with the researchers to confirm Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability their findings , and has provided customers mitigation guidance to allow them to protect themselves until the company can address Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability the reported issues via automatic product updates , '' McAfee told The Register . In the meantime , McAfee says customers can use the True Key browser extension ( which is not subject to the DLL vulnerability ) rather than the Windows application .

Apple has posted the annual full overhaul of the Mac operating system , this time focusing on a redesign of the look and feel of the interface . The 10.14 incarnation of macOS , known as Mojave , has been released Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability into general availability . It includes new features , interface updates , and security patches – though at least one hole was left unpatched Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability . Apple is touting a set of interface improvements with the update , most notably the addition of a `` Dark Mode '' color scheme option and a Dynamic Desktop background that changes the image with the time of day . In more useful features , there 's the Stacks utility that organizes messy desktops by grouping files into categories . Apple also added a set of new News , Stocks , Voice Memos , and Home applications for macOS , porting the tools from iOS , while the Mac Continuity Camera app will let users snap and share pictures from their iOS device . Apple also redesigned the macOS version of the App Store service . Nestled into the Mojave update was a patch bundle that addresses Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability more than a half-dozen security holes . Mojave will include fixes for eight CVE-listed vulnerabilities . These include two remote code execution flaws in the kernel ( CVE-2018-4336 , CVE-2018-4344 ) and weak RC4 encryption ( CVE-2016-1777 ) . That '4344 flaw was discovered Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability by eggheads at the UK government 's eavesdropping nerve center , GCHQ . Other flaws include a traffic intercept flaw in Bluetooth ( CVE-2018-5383 ) , a sandbox escape in the operation firewall ( CVE-2018-4353 ) , a restricted memory access flaw in Crash Reporter ( CVE-2018-4333 ) , and flaws in both Auto Unlock ( CVE-2018-4321 ) and App Store ( CVE-2018-4324 ) that would allow an attacker to access the user 's Apple ID . Seemingly , these patches are only available Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability for macOS 10.14 – however , previous versions of the operating system were fixed Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability up last week . It did n't take long for at least one researcher to blast holes in the security features of the new operating system . Shortly after Mojave arrived , macOS guru Patrick Wardle dropped word of a vulnerability he discovered Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability that would allow an attacker to bypass the privacy safeguards in Mojave that would normally prevent an unauthorized app from accessing things like users ' contact details . Here 's a video of the exploit ... Wardle said Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability he has reported Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability the bug to Apple , but will not release details beyond the proof-of-concept video until a fix can be released Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability . More technical details are due to be released in November .

Juniper Networks has released Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability its first cluster of security updates for 2019 , with the patches addressing Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability vulnerabilities in various products developed by the US networking equipment firm . Among the 19 security advisories released on Wednesday is a critical bug impacting Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability Junos OS , the FreeBSD-based operating system used in Juniper ’ s routers . CVE-2019-0006 affects Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability Junos OS versions 14.1X53 , 15.1 , 15.1X53 , where it was found Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability that a specially crafted HTTP packet could crash the fxpc daemon or could potentially lead to remote code execution ( RCE ) . Also marked as critical is CVE-2019-0007 , which addresses Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability a vulnerability in vMX series virtual routers running Junos OS 15.1 . “ The vMX series software uses a predictable IP ID Sequence Number , ” said Juniper . “ This leaves the system as well as clients connecting through the device susceptible to a family of attacks. ” Patches have also been released Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability for eight vulnerabilities in the libxml2 software library that impact Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability Junos OS . Eight additional security updates have been released Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability by Juniper that feature mitigations for high-level impact bugs , while a further six deal with less severe flaws . Multiple vulnerabilities were also discovered Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability in Juniper ’ s Advanced Threat Prevention ( ATP ) cloud security service . And finally , Juniper said nearly 40 vulnerabilities have been resolved Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability in the Junos Space Network Management Platform 18.3R1 and 18.4R1 by upgrading Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability third party components or fixing Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability internally discovered security vulnerabilities . Commenting on the advisories , the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center ( NCCIC ) , said : “ Users and administrators should review Juniper ’ s Security Advisories webpage and apply the necessary updates . ”

Adobe has patched Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability two critical flaws in Acrobat and Reader that warrant urgent attention . Officially , Adobe patches Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability security vulnerabilities around the middle of each month to coordinate with Microsoft ’ s Patch Tuesday , but recently it ’ s become almost routine for the company to issue Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability out-of-band updates in between . APSB19-02 , the first of such updates to reach customers in the new year , addresses Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability critical flaws with a priority rating of ‘ 2 ’ . That means that the flaw is potentially serious , but Adobe hasn ’ t detected Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability any real-world exploits ( the latter would entail issuing Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability an ‘ emergency ’ patch with a ‘ 1 ’ rating ) . The first flaw , identified Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability as CVE-2018-16011 , is described Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability by Adobe as a use-after-free bug that could be exploited Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability using a maliciously crafted PDF to take control of a target system with their malware of choice . The second , CVE-2018-16018 ( replacing CVE-2018-19725 ) , is a security bypass targeting JavaScript API restrictions on Adobe Reader DC and seems to have been in the works since before Christmas , affecting Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability all versions of Window and macOS Acrobat DC/Reader 2019.010.20064 and earlier , the fix in both cases is to update Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability to 2019.010.20069 . For the legacy Acrobat/Reader 2017 2017.011.30110 and Acrobat/Reader DC 2015 2015.006.30461 , the updates take those to 2017.011.30113 and 2015.006.30464 respectively . As critical flaws with a ‘ 2 ’ rating , there is a suggested 30-day window within which to apply Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability the updates , but it ’ s worth bearing in mind that a new round of patches will likely be offered Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability for Adobe products tomorrow as part of Patch Tuesday . In December ’ s Patch Tuesday , Adobe released Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability a not inconsiderable 87 patches , including 39 rated critical . Only days before , Adobe issued Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability an emergency Flash patch for a zero-day vulnerability that was being exploited Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability , while in November Flash received Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability a separate patch for one whose exploitation was believed to be imminent .