RCE

Ken Gannon
23 Oct 2020

Samsung S20 - RCE via Samsung Galaxy Store App

A remote code execution vulnerability was discovered in the Samsung Galaxy Store app for S20 devices. The vulnerability allowed attackers to install applications without user consent by exploiting a WebView JavaScript interface. An attack could be conducted via a man-in-the-middle attack using NFC or WiFi.

27 Aug 2020

Exploiting CVE-2019-17026 - A Firefox JIT Bug

A detailed technical analysis of a critical vulnerability (CVE-2019-17026) in Firefox's SpiderMonkey JIT compiler was presented. The vulnerability involves type confusion and bounds check elimination in the IonMonkey JIT compilation process. The article explores how carefully crafted JavaScript can exploit interactions between multiple compilation chains to bypass JIT compiler safeguards and potentially execute arbitrary code.

Fabian Beterke
15 Nov 2019

Prince of the Honeycomb

A critical heap-buffer overflow vulnerability was discovered in Prince XML, a PDF conversion tool used by the Honeycomb application. The vulnerability was found through fuzzing and binary analysis of TIFF image parsing code. By crafting a malicious TIFF file, an attacker could potentially achieve remote command execution when processing specially crafted image files.

Jon Cave
11 Apr 2014

Laravel cookie forgery, decryption, and RCE

A critical vulnerability in Laravel's encryption API allowed attackers to forge session cookies and impersonate users. The flaw enabled potential remote code execution by exploiting weaknesses in MAC verification, IV handling, and PHP object deserialization. Attackers could manipulate cookies to authenticate as any user and potentially inject malicious code through serialized PHP objects.

20 Nov 2013

AppLovin Ad Library SDK: Remote Command Execution via Update Mechanism

A critical vulnerability was discovered in the AppLovin Ad Library SDK for Android that enables remote command execution through an insecure update mechanism. The vulnerability allows attackers to inject malicious code into applications by exploiting the SDK's dynamic class loading process during updates. An attacker can craft a malicious SDK update that gets automatically downloaded and executed when an application starts.