[RSS] Security Bulletin: IBM i is vulnerable to a user gaining elevated privileges due to an unqualified library call [CVE-2024-55898].

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7183835?myns=swgother&mynp=OCSWG60&mynp=OCSSB23CE&mynp=OCSSTS2D&mynp=OCSSC5L9&mynp=OCSS9QQS&mync=A&cm_sp=swgother-_-OCSWG60-OCSSB23CE-OCSSTS2D-OCSSC5L9-OCSS9QQS-_-A

#teachers #teaching #history #political

Released Pwndbg 2025.02.19 with new commands for dumping Linux kernel nftables, initial LoongArch64 support and more!

See changelog on https://github.com/pwndbg/pwndbg/releases/tag/2025.02.19 !

#pwndbg #gdb #pwning #reverseengineering #binaryexploitation #kernel #debugging

[RSS] Pluralistic: Ad-tech targeting is an existential threat

https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/20/privacy-first-second-third/

Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done.

— Andy Rooney

@4Dgifts "Von Neumann himself attributed his generation's success to 'a coincidence of some cultural factors' that produced 'a feeling of extreme insecurity in the individuals, and the necessity to produce the unusual or face extinction'" (The Man from the Future, the Visionary Ideas of John von Neumann, quoting from Stanislaw Ulam's Andventures of a Mathematician)

I gave a day 1 closing keynote at DistrictCon yesterday. Surprisingly, it was a security talk about memory safety.

Slides are here:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-CgBbVuFE1pJnB84wfeq_RadXQs13dCvHTFFVLPYTeg/edit?usp=drivesdk

Writing a #Ghidra processor module

https://irisc-research-syndicate.github.io/2025/02/14/writing-a-ghidra-processor-module/?ref=blog.exploits.club

"In this article we will create a Ghidra processor module for the iRISC processors, these processors are embedded in the ConnectX series of NICs from NVIDIA/Mellanox."

Not a beginners tutorial, as it skims over many important steps and details, but still good to have more of these as there's always a trick or two to learn.

Optimizing the regexes, or not

https://www.hexacorn.com/blog/2025/02/22/optimizing-the-regexes-or-not/

It's EXPLOIT CLUB DAY 📰

Linux kernel goodies from @h0mbre_

@patch1t spends another week showing you no patch is safe

@vv474172261 makes Microsoft re-think their bounty program

USB Restricted Mode Bypass RCA from @quarkslab

+ Jobs and MORE 👇

https://blog.exploits.club/exploits-club-weekly-newsletter-60-kctf-patch-gaps-usb-restricted-mode-bypasses-llm-harnesses-and-more/

Released Pwndbg 2025.02.19 with new commands for dumping Linux kernel nftables, initial LoongArch64 support and more!

See changelog on https://github.com/pwndbg/pwndbg/releases/tag/2025.02.19 !

I tried my hand at exploiting an nday on the Google Container Optimized OS instance in kCTF but sadly was very late to the party. Here is my exploit write-up for it. I learned a lot during the process, let me know what you think. I'll post TL;DR in thread
https://h0mbre.github.io/Patch_Gapping_Google_COS/

New Project Zero issue:

Linux: io_uring: UAF of io_ev_fd; io_eventfd_do_signal() frees on refcount drop without RCU delay

https://project-zero.issues.chromium.org/issues/388499293

CVE-2025-21655

PostgreSQL 17.4, 16.8, 15.12, 14.17, and 13.20 Released

https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-174-168-1512-1417-and-1320-released-3018/

This fixes a regression introduced by the latest vulnerability fix:

"The fix for CVE-2025-1094 caused the quoting functions to not honor their string length parameters and, in some cases, cause crashes."

CVE 2025-26794 - SQL injection in Exim

https://exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2025-26794.txt

Configs using SQLite may be vulnerable.

Project: python/cpython https://github.com/python/cpython
File: Lib/pathlib/_abc.py:504 https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/2bd5a7ab0f4a1f65ab8043001bd6e8416c5079bd/Lib/pathlib/_abc.py#L504

def walk(self, top_down=True, on_error=None, follow_symlinks=False):

SVG:
dark https://tmr232.github.io/function-graph-overview/render/?github=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fpython%2Fcpython%2Fblob%2F2bd5a7ab0f4a1f65ab8043001bd6e8416c5079bd%2FLib%2Fpathlib%2F_abc.py%23L504&colors=dark
light https://tmr232.github.io/function-graph-overview/render/?github=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fpython%2Fcpython%2Fblob%2F2bd5a7ab0f4a1f65ab8043001bd6e8416c5079bd%2FLib%2Fpathlib%2F_abc.py%23L504&colors=light

Project: mpengine-x64-pdb 1.1.24090.11
File: mpengine.dll
Address: 75ab2fe6c

VerifyCertChain

SVG:
dark https://tmr232.github.io/function-graph-overview/render/?graph=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2Fv-p-b%2Fghidra-function-graph-datasets%2Frefs%2Fheads%2Fmain%2F%2Fmpengine-x64-pdb%2F75ab2fe6c.json&colors=dark
light https://tmr232.github.io/function-graph-overview/render/?graph=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2Fv-p-b%2Fghidra-function-graph-datasets%2Frefs%2Fheads%2Fmain%2F%2Fmpengine-x64-pdb%2F75ab2fe6c.json&colors=light

The hashcat.net site is down -- side effect of maintenance by hosting provider. Being worked.

Current release can be downloaded from GitHub:

https://github.com/hashcat/hashcat/releases/tag/v6.2.6

Convenience Wayback links to popular wiki pages:

Rules:

https://web.archive.org/web/20250211234251/https://hashcat.net/wiki/doku.php?id=rule_based_attack

Example hashes:

https://web.archive.org/web/20250216060927/https://hashcat.net/wiki/doku.php?id=example_hashes

FAQ

https://web.archive.org/web/20250219024304/https://hashcat.net/wiki/doku.php?id=frequently_asked_questions

@hashcat #hashcat

Interesting links of the week:

Strategy:

* https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3594553 - refining TI with automated labelling

Threats:

* https://blog.talosintelligence.com/salt-typhoon-analysis/ - Salt Typhoon analysis from @TalosSecurity
* https://www.inversecos.com/2025/02/an-inside-look-at-nsa-equation-group.html - a Chinese view on Equation Group

Detection:

* https://blog.thinkst.com/2025/02/almost-famous-behind-the-scenes-of-a-feature-that-didnt-make-the-cut.html - building canary tokens with unconstrained delegation

Hard hack:

* https://kindlemodding.org/ - modding the Kindle
* https://www.die-welt.net/2025/02/unauthenticated-rce-in-grandstream-ht802v2-and-probably-others-using-gs_test_server-dhcp-vendor-option/ - hacking hardware via DHCP vendor options

Hardening:

* https://neapay.com/viewposts.html?category=BASE24 - variable quality but details on Base24

#security, #research