Recent Curesec Publications

CVE-2013-6271: Remove Device Locks from Android Phone
2013 Nov 27

CVE-2013-6271: Remove Device Locks from Android Phone

This vulnerability enables any rogue app at any time to remove all existing device locks activated by a user. Furthermore we have created an app to demonstrate the issue. You can choose two options, remove all locks right away or remove them at a defined time.  

CVE-2013-6225: Remote Code Execution in LiveZilla
2013 Nov 15

CVE-2013-6225: Remote Code Execution in LiveZilla

On Windows systems with PHP versions installed that allow null bytes in the URL it is possible to turn a local file inclusion vulnerability to a full remote code execution vulnerability.  

We have moved into our new office!
2013 Oct 02

We have moved into our new office!

Curesec has turned two years old! As a birthday present we have moved into our new office! 165sqm space for the security enthusiasts!  

Inkasso Trojaner – Part 3
2013 Sep 16

Inkasso Trojaner – Part 3

In this report we would like to point out how the rootkit infects a system, how it operates and what kind of anti-reversing and anti-debugging techniques are in place.  

Exfiltrate Data using the old ping utility trick
2013 Sep 10

Exfiltrate Data using the old ping utility trick

We are back with a great blogpost. This time about data exfiltration using ping, packed together as a simple backdoor-like code. The technique may work in generell for linux and windows as well, however the main target and interest was Android.  

Article on Scada Security
2013 Aug 06

Article on Scada Security

welt.de and morgenpost.de published an article about vulnerabilities in industrial facilities in august 2013. The article is in german only.  

Media reaction on Whatsapp bug
2013 Aug 03

Media reaction on Whatsapp bug

In july 2013 we published a way to abuse the popular chat software Whatsapp to get payment information from google wallet and Paypal.  

 CVE-2013-6274: Security gap in WhatsApp. Phishing Google Wallet and Paypal Accounts
2013 Jul 24

CVE-2013-6274: Security gap in WhatsApp. Phishing Google Wallet and Paypal Accounts

This vulnerability can be used to get payment credentials for Google Wallet and Paypal by abusing the popular application Whatsapp.  

OpenSSH User Enumeration Time-Based Attack
2013 Jul 09

OpenSSH User Enumeration Time-Based Attack

Today, we will show a bug concerning OpenSSH. OpenSSH is the most used remote control software nowadays on *nix like operating systems. Legacy claims it replaced unencrypted daemons like rcp, rsh and telnet. Find a version at: https://www.openssh.com.  

Inkasso Trojaner – Part 2
2013 Jul 01

Inkasso Trojaner – Part 2

In Part 1 of the analysis we have seen a first description of the dropper and how to extract the executeable placed in the file. To move forward with work we dumped the memory with the decrypted virus body and continued the analysis.