Latest PoC news

Maximum severity Flowmon bug has a public exploit, patch now

Proof-of-concept exploit code has been released for a top-severity security vulnerability in Progress Flowmon, a tool for monitoring network performance and visibility.
- Bill Toulas
- April 24, 2024
- 04:08 PM
- 0
Exploit released for Fortinet RCE bug used in attacks, patch now

Security researchers have released a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for a critical vulnerability in Fortinet's FortiClient Enterprise Management Server (EMS) software, which is now actively exploited in attacks.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 21, 2024
- 11:17 AM
- 0
Exploit released for Android local elevation flaw impacting 7 OEMs

A proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for a local privilege elevation flaw impacting at least seven Android original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) is now publicly available on GitHub. However, as the exploit requires local access, its release will mostly be helpful to researchers.
- Bill Toulas
- January 31, 2024
- 02:15 PM
- 2
Exploits released for critical Jenkins RCE flaw, patch now

Multiple proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits for a critical Jenkins vulnerability allowing unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files have been made publicly available, with some researchers reporting attackers actively exploiting the flaws in attacks.
- Bill Toulas
- January 28, 2024
- 10:17 AM
- 0
Hackers are exploiting critical Apache Struts flaw using public PoC

Hackers are attempting to leverage a recently fixed critical vulnerability (CVE-2023-50164) in Apache Struts that leads to remote code execution, in attacks that rely on publicly available proof-of-concept exploit code.
- Bill Toulas
- December 13, 2023
- 11:19 AM
- 1
Exploit for CrushFTP RCE chain released, patch now

A proof-of-concept exploit was publicly released for a critical remote code execution vulnerability in the CrushFTP enterprise suite, allowing unauthenticated attackers to access files on the server, execute code, and obtain plain-text passwords.
- Bill Toulas
- November 18, 2023
- 10:06 AM
- 0
RCE exploit for Wyze Cam v3 publicly released, patch now

A security researcher has published a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for Wyze Cam v3 devices that opens a reverse shell and allows the takeover of vulnerable devices.
- Bill Toulas
- October 30, 2023
- 04:46 PM
- 1
Citrix Bleed exploit lets hackers hijack NetScaler accounts

A proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit is released for the 'Citrix Bleed' vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-4966, that allows attackers to retrieve authentication session cookies from vulnerable Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway appliances.
- Bill Toulas
- October 25, 2023
- 11:26 AM
- 0
Exploits released for Linux flaw giving root on major distros

Proof-of-concept exploits have already surfaced online for a high-severity flaw in GNU C Library's dynamic loader, allowing local attackers to gain root privileges on major Linux distributions.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- October 05, 2023
- 03:44 PM
- 0
Exploit available for critical WS_FTP bug exploited in attacks

Over the weekend, security researchers released a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for a maximum severity remote code execution vulnerability in Progress Software's WS_FTP Server file sharing platform.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- October 02, 2023
- 01:11 PM
- 0
Fake WinRAR proof-of-concept exploit drops VenomRAT malware

A hacker is spreading a fake proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for a recently fixed WinRAR vulnerability on GitHub, attempting to infect downloaders with the VenomRAT malware.
- Bill Toulas
- September 20, 2023
- 10:49 AM
- 0
Exploit released for critical VMware SSH auth bypass vulnerability

Proof-of-concept exploit code has been released for a critical SSH authentication bypass vulnerability in VMware's Aria Operations for Networks analysis tool (formerly known as vRealize Network Insight).
- Sergiu Gatlan
- September 01, 2023
- 04:21 PM
- 0
Exploit released for Juniper firewall bugs allowing RCE attacks

Proof-of-concept exploit code has been publicly released for vulnerabilities in Juniper SRX firewalls that, when chained, can allow unauthenticated attackers to gain remote code execution in Juniper's JunOS on unpatched devices.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- August 28, 2023
- 10:46 AM
- 0
Over 3,000 Openfire servers vulnerable to takover attacks

Thousands of Openfire servers remain vulnerable to CVE-2023-32315, an actively exploited and path traversal vulnerability that allows an unauthenticated user to create new admin accounts.
- Bill Toulas
- August 23, 2023
- 03:36 PM
- 0
Fake Linux vulnerability exploit drops data-stealing malware

Cybersecurity researchers and threat actors are targeted by a fake proof of concept (PoC) CVE-2023-35829 exploit that installs a Linux password-stealing malware.
- Bill Toulas
- July 13, 2023
- 02:28 PM
- 3
Critical RCE found in popular Ghostscript open-source PDF library

Ghostscript, an open-source interpreter for PostScript language and PDF files widely used in Linux, has been found vulnerable to a critical-severity remote code execution flaw.
- Bill Toulas
- July 12, 2023
- 12:46 PM
- 2
300,000+ Fortinet firewalls vulnerable to critical FortiOS RCE bug

Hundreds of thousands of FortiGate firewalls are vulnerable to a critical security issue identified as CVE-2023-27997, almost a month after Fortinet released an update that addresses the problem.
- Bill Toulas
- July 03, 2023
- 07:54 AM
- 1
Fake zero-day PoC exploits on GitHub push Windows, Linux malware

Hackers are impersonating cybersecurity researchers on Twitter and GitHub to publish fake proof-of-concept exploits for zero-day vulnerabilities that infect Windows and Linux with malware.
- Bill Toulas
- June 14, 2023
- 06:00 AM
- 1
PoC released for Windows Win32k bug exploited in attacks

Researchers have released a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for an actively exploited Windows local privilege escalation vulnerability fixed as part of the May 2023 Patch Tuesday.
- Bill Toulas
- June 08, 2023
- 04:51 PM
- 0
Exploit released for RCE flaw in popular ReportLab PDF library

A researcher has published a working exploit for a remote code execution (RCE) flaw impacting ReportLab, a popular Python library used by numerous projects to generate PDF files from HTML input.
- Bill Toulas
- May 31, 2023
- 06:17 PM
- 0