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If only Patch Tuesdays came around infrequently — like total solar eclipse rare — instead of just creeping up on us each month like The Man in the Moon. Although to be fair, it would be tough for Microsoft to eclipse the number of vulnerabilities fixed in this month’s patch batch — a record 147 flaws in Windows and related software.
Yes, you read that right. Microsoft today released updates to address 147 security holes in Windows, Office, Azure, .NET Framework, Visual Studio, SQL Server, DNS Server, Windows Defender, Bitlocker, and Windows Secure Boot.
“This is the largest release from Microsoft this year and the largest since at least 2017,” said Dustin Childs, from Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI). “As far as I can tell, it’s the largest Patch Tuesday release from Microsoft of all time.”
Tempering the sheer volume of this month’s patches is the middling severity of many of the bugs. Only three of April’s vulnerabilities earned Microsoft’s most-dire “critical” rating, meaning they can be abused by malware or malcontents to take remote control over unpatched systems with no help from users.
Most of the flaws that Microsoft deems “more likely to be exploited” this month are marked as “important,” which usually involve bugs that require a bit more user interaction (social engineering) but which nevertheless can result in system security bypass, compromise, and the theft of critical assets.
Ben McCarthy, lead cyber security engineer at Immersive Labs called attention to CVE-2024-20670, an Outlook for Windows spoofing vulnerability described as being easy to exploit. It involves convincing a user to click on a malicious link in an email, which can then steal the user’s password hash and authenticate as the user in another Microsoft service.
Another interesting bug McCarthy pointed to is CVE-2024-29063, which involves hard-coded credentials in Azure’s search backend infrastructure that could be gleaned by taking advantage of Azure AI search.
“This along with many other AI attacks in recent news shows a potential new attack surface that we are just learning how to mitigate against,” McCarthy said. “Microsoft has updated their backend and notified any customers who have been affected by the credential leakage.”
CVE-2024-29988 is a weakness that allows attackers to bypass Windows SmartScreen, a technology Microsoft designed to provide additional protections for end users against phishing and malware attacks. Childs said one of ZDI’s researchers found this vulnerability being exploited in the wild, although Microsoft doesn’t currently list CVE-2024-29988 as being exploited.
“I would treat this as in the wild until Microsoft clarifies,” Childs said. “The bug itself acts much like CVE-2024-21412 – a [zero-day threat from February] that bypassed the Mark of the Web feature and allows malware to execute on a target system. Threat actors are sending exploits in a zipped file to evade EDR/NDR detection and then using this bug (and others) to bypass Mark of the Web.”
Update, 7:46 p.m. ET: A previous version of this story said there were no zero-day vulnerabilities fixed this month. BleepingComputer reports that Microsoft has since confirmed that there are actually two zero-days. One is the flaw Childs just mentioned (CVE-2024-21412), and the other is CVE-2024-26234, described as a “proxy driver spoofing” weakness.
Satnam Narang at Tenable notes that this month’s release includes fixes for two dozen flaws in Windows Secure Boot, the majority of which are considered “Exploitation Less Likely” according to Microsoft.
“However, the last time Microsoft patched a flaw in Windows Secure Boot in May 2023 had a notable impact as it was exploited in the wild and linked to the BlackLotus UEFI bootkit, which was sold on dark web forums for $5,000,” Narang said. “BlackLotus can bypass functionality called secure boot, which is designed to block malware from being able to load when booting up. While none of these Secure Boot vulnerabilities addressed this month were exploited in the wild, they serve as a reminder that flaws in Secure Boot persist, and we could see more malicious activity related to Secure Boot in the future.”
For links to individual security advisories indexed by severity, check out ZDI’s blog and the Patch Tuesday post from the SANS Internet Storm Center. Please consider backing up your data or your drive before updating, and drop a note in the comments here if you experience any issues applying these fixes.
Adobe today released nine patches tackling at least two dozen vulnerabilities in a range of software products, including Adobe After Effects, Photoshop, Commerce, InDesign, Experience Manager, Media Encoder, Bridge, Illustrator, and Adobe Animate.
KrebsOnSecurity needs to correct the record on a point mentioned at the end of March’s “Fat Patch Tuesday” post, which looked at new AI capabilities built into Adobe Acrobat that are turned on by default. Adobe has since clarified that its apps won’t use AI to auto-scan your documents, as the original language in its FAQ suggested.
“In practice, no document scanning or analysis occurs unless a user actively engages with the AI features by agreeing to the terms, opening a document, and selecting the AI Assistant or generative summary buttons for that specific document,” Adobe said earlier this month.
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Pantheon is a GUI application that allows users to display information regarding network cameras in various countries as well as an integrated live-feed for non-protected cameras.
Pantheon allows users to execute an API crawler. There was original functionality without the use of any API's (like Insecam), but Google TOS kept getting in the way of the original scraping mechanism.
FreshRSS git clone https://github.com/josh0xA/Pantheon.gitcd Pantheonpip3 install -r requirements.txtpython3 pantheon.py
chmod +x distros/ubuntu_install.sh./distros/ubuntu_install.shchmod +x distros/debian-kali_install.sh./distros/debian-kali_install.sh(Enter) on a selected IP:Port to establish a Pantheon webview of the camera. (Use this at your own risk)
(Left-click) on a selected IP:Port to view the geolocation of the camera.
(Right-click) on a selected IP:Port to view the HTTP data of the camera (Ctrl+Left-click for Mac).
Adjust the map as you please to see the markers.
The developer of this program, Josh Schiavone, is not resposible for misuse of this data gathering tool. Pantheon simply provides information that can be indexed by any modern search engine. Do not try to establish unauthorized access to live feeds that are password protected - that is illegal. Furthermore, if you do choose to use Pantheon to view a live-feed, do so at your own risk. Pantheon was developed for educational purposes only. For further information, please visit: https://joshschiavone.com/panth_info/panth_ethical_notice.html
MIT License
Copyright (c) Josh Schiavone
Reverse shell that can bypass windows defender detection
$ apt install nim
nim c -d:mingw --app:gui nimshell.nim
Change the IP address and port number you want to listen to in the nimshell.nim file according to your device.
$ nc -nvlp 4444
A Pin Tool for tracing:
Bypasses the anti-tracing check based on RDTSC.
Generates a report in a .tag format (which can be loaded into other analysis tools):
RVA;traced eventi.e.
345c2;section: .text
58069;called: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\kernel32.dll.IsProcessorFeaturePresent
3976d;called: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\kernel32.dll.LoadLibraryExW
3983c;called: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\kernel32.dll.GetProcAddress
3999d;called: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\KernelBase.dll.InitializeCriticalSectionEx
398ac;called: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\KernelBase.dll.FlsAlloc
3995d;called: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\KernelBase.dll.FlsSetValue
49275;called: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\kernel32.dll.LoadLibraryExW
4934b;called: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\kernel32.dll.GetProcAddress
...To compile the prepared project you need to use Visual Studio >= 2012. It was tested with Intel Pin 3.28.
Clone this repo into \source\tools that is inside your Pin root directory. Open the project in Visual Studio and build. Detailed description available here.
To build with Intel Pin < 3.26 on Windows, use the appropriate legacy Visual Studio project.
For now the support for Linux is experimental. Yet it is possible to build and use Tiny Tracer on Linux as well. Please refer tiny_runner.sh for more information. Detailed description available here.
Details about the usage you will find on the project's Wiki.
install32_64 you can find a utility that checks if Kernel Debugger is disabled (kdb_check.exe, source), and it is used by the Tiny Tracer's .bat scripts. This utilty sometimes gets flagged as a malware by Windows Defender (it is a known false positive). If you encounter this issue, you may need to exclude the installation directory from Windows Defender scans.Questions? Ideas? Join Discussions!
Welcome to the AD Pentesting Toolkit! This repository contains a collection of PowerShell scripts and commands that can be used for Active Directory (AD) penetration testing and security assessment. The scripts cover various aspects of AD enumeration, user and group management, computer enumeration, network and security analysis, and more.
The toolkit is intended for use by penetration testers, red teamers, and security professionals who want to test and assess the security of Active Directory environments. Please ensure that you have proper authorization and permission before using these scripts in any production environment.
Everyone is looking at what you are looking at; But can everyone see what he can see? You are the only difference between them… By Mevlânâ Celâleddîn-i Rûmî
The AD Pentesting Toolkit is for educational and testing purposes only. The authors and contributors are not responsible for any misuse or damage caused by the use of these scripts. Always ensure that you have proper authorization and permission before performing any penetration testing or security assessment activities on any system or network.
This project is licensed under the MIT License. The Mewtwo ASCII art is the property of Alperen Ugurlu. All rights reserved.
Anti Forensics Tool For Red Teamers, Used For Erasing Some Footprints In The Post Exploitation Phase.
Reduces Payload Burnout And Increases Detection Countdown. Can Be Used To Test The capabilities of Your Incident Response / Forensics Teams.
Added:
USNJRnl Execution On All Disk Drives.
Unallocated Space ReWriting.
A Bit of Polishing.
https://github.com/Naranbataar/Corrupt
https://github.com/LloydLabs/delete-self-poc
https://github.com/OsandaMalith/WindowsInternals/blob/master/Unload_Minifilter.c
https://stackoverflow.com/users/15168/jonathan-leffler
https://github.com/GiovanniDicanio/WinReg
To run this application, you'll need the powerreverse.ps1 file executed on target pc.
# Install This Repository
$ Download The Code By Pressing Download ZIP
# Clone this repository
$ git clone https://github.com/ItsCyberAli/PowerMeUp.git
# Take One Of The Functions Like This & Copy Paste Into PowerReverse
$ You Will See The Screenshot Below Has The PowerReverse file and inside I added the BSOD.ps1 function
that I copy pasted inside of the powerreverse.ps1 so that we can call & use it when we execute on target PC.
You can mix & match what features you want in the reverse shell just make sure there is no references right above the function call
it will say references and if it says 0 you are fine if it says 1 or more simply change the function name. When reverse shell
executes and you want to execute a specific feature simply call the function name and in our case inside the VPS sim ply type bsod
and it will execute it or whateber you named the function!
# Change The LHOST & LPORT Inside Of The PowerReverse File
$LHOST = "YOUR C2 IP"
$LPORT = #Your Port Without Quotations
# Start A Netcat Listener Or Your Own Implementation Of A Listener On VPS Or C2 & Enjoy!
$ nc -l -p <port you chose> (Just A Netcat Listener In Your VPS Not Needed If You Use Another Method!)You can download the code from the top right, it will give you all the code needed in a ZIP file.
If you want to discuss any topics or need some help I am very active and can get back to you within 24 hours or less And Setup A Date & Time To Help With Whatever It Is You Need, I Am Also Open To Collab On Projects I Feel Are Worth My Time And Of My Interest As Well!!
