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January 2024 (30)

medium advisory

Exchange Mailbox Export via PowerShell

Adversaries may use the New-MailboxExportRequest PowerShell cmdlet to export mailboxes in Exchange, potentially leading to sensitive information theft.

Microsoft Defender XDR +2 collection execution powershell exchange mailbox
2r 4t
high advisory

Executable or Script Creation in Temporary Paths

Adversaries may create executables or scripts in temporary directories to evade detection, maintain persistence, and execute unauthorized code on Windows systems.

defense-evasion persistence privilege-escalation execution temp-directory file-creation
2r 1t
low advisory

Execution from Removable Media with Network Connection

Detects process execution from removable media by an unusual process with untrusted code signature followed by network connection attempts, potentially indicating malware introduced via removable media for initial access.

Elastic Defend initial-access removable-media windows
2r 1t
high advisory

Execution of SymbolicLink-Testing-Tools Utility for Privilege Escalation

The execution of utilities from the `symboliclink-testing-tools` toolkit is detected, which can be used by attackers to exploit Windows symbolic link vulnerabilities to achieve local privilege escalation from a standard user to SYSTEM.

Splunk Enterprise +2 privilege-escalation symbolic-link windows
2r 2t
medium advisory

Execution via Local SxS Shared Module

This rule detects the creation, modification, or deletion of DLL files within Windows SxS local folders, which could indicate an attempt to execute malicious payloads by abusing shared module loading.

M365 Defender +4 execution defense-evasion dll-hijacking
2r 2t
medium advisory

Execution via Windows Subsystem for Linux

This detection identifies attempts to execute programs from the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) to evade detection by flagging suspicious executions initiated by WSL processes and excluding known safe executables.

Microsoft Defender XDR +3 defense-evasion execution windows wsl
2r 2t
high advisory

exiftool-vendored Argument Injection Vulnerability

exiftool-vendored is vulnerable to argument injection (CVE-2026-43893) via newline characters in tag names, potentially allowing attackers to read or write files accessible to the ExifTool process by injecting arguments through caller-supplied strings.

exiftool-vendored argument-injection exiftool cve-2026-43893
2r 1t
critical advisory

FacturaScripts Remote Code Execution via Zip Slip Vulnerability

FacturaScripts is vulnerable to remote code execution due to insufficient validation of file paths within uploaded ZIP archives, allowing a Zip Slip attack and arbitrary file write leading to RCE.

facturascripts zip-slip rce factura scripts
2r 2t
critical advisory

fast-jwt Authentication Bypass Vulnerability via Empty HMAC Secret

A critical vulnerability in the fast-jwt library allows attackers to forge JWTs by exploiting the acceptance of empty HMAC secrets in the async key resolver, leading to authentication bypass.

fast-jwt jwt authentication-bypass vulnerability
2r 2t
high advisory

fast-xml-builder Vulnerability Allows Attribute Injection

The fast-xml-builder library allows attribute injection when handling attribute values containing quotes, leading to potential execution of arbitrary code.

fast-xml-builder xml injection xss cve-2026-44665
2r 1t
critical advisory

FireFighter Unauthenticated SSRF Leads to Potential IAM Credential Theft

FireFighter versions before 0.0.54 are vulnerable to an unauthenticated server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in the `/api/v2/firefighter/raid/jira_bot` endpoint, allowing attackers to potentially steal IAM credentials in cloud environments.

firefighter-incident +1 ssrf cloud iam credential-theft
2r 2t
high advisory

Fireshare 1.5.1 Authenticated Path Traversal Vulnerability (CVE-2026-33645)

Fireshare version 1.5.1 is vulnerable to an authenticated path traversal, allowing attackers to write arbitrary files outside the intended upload directory due to insufficient sanitization of the `checkSum` field in the chunked upload endpoint.

Fireshare path-traversal web-application
2r 2t
high advisory

Firewall Allowed Program Enable

Detection of firewall rule modification to allow specific application execution, potentially bypassing restrictions and enabling unauthorized network communication.

Splunk Enterprise +2 firewall defense-evasion windows
3r
high advisory

Firewall Disabled via Netsh Command

Detection of Windows Firewall being disabled via the `netsh` command, potentially exposing the system to external threats and unauthorized communication.

Windows Firewall defense-evasion endpoint windows
2r 1t
high advisory

Firewall Modification for File and Printer Sharing

This analytic detects the modification of Windows Firewall settings to enable file and printer sharing, a common technique used by ransomware to facilitate lateral movement and broader network encryption.

Splunk Enterprise +3 ransomware lateral-movement windows
2r 1t
medium advisory

First Time Seen Driver Loaded

The rule identifies the load of previously unseen drivers, which may indicate attackers exploiting vulnerable drivers for privilege escalation and persistence.

Elastic Defend privilege-escalation persistence windows
2r 3t
medium threat

Flax Typhoon Masquerading SoftEther VPN as Legitimate Windows Binaries

The Flax Typhoon group uses SoftEther VPN, masquerading the VPN client as legitimate Windows binaries like conhost.exe and dllhost.exe, to obfuscate their network activity within compromised Taiwanese organizations.

SoftEther VPN +3 Flax Typhoon +1 flax-typhoon defense-evasion lateral-movement vpn process-masquerading
2r 2t
high advisory

Flight Framework SQL Injection Vulnerability

Flight framework is vulnerable to SQL Injection; an attacker can inject arbitrary SQL by crafting malicious array keys due to SimplePdo::insert(), SimplePdo::update(), and SimplePdo::delete() building SQL statements by concatenating the $table argument and the keys of the $data array directly into the query, with no identifier quoting or validation, leading to privilege escalation, arbitrary column writes, data destruction, and exfiltration.

flightphp/core sql-injection web-application vulnerability
2r 2t
high advisory

florensiawidjaja BioinfoMCP Path Traversal Vulnerability

A path traversal vulnerability in florensiawidjaja BioinfoMCP allows remote attackers to write arbitrary files via manipulation of the 'Name' argument in the Upload function of app.py.

BioinfoMCP path-traversal web-application cve-2026-7398
2r 1t 1c
high advisory

Flowise Public Chatflow Endpoint Exposes Sensitive Data

Flowise versions 3.0.13 and earlier expose sensitive information, including credential IDs, plaintext API keys, and passwords, through the `GET /api/v1/public-chatflows/:id` endpoint, leading to account compromise and revealing internal architecture details.

Flowise credential-leak api-security
2r 2t
critical advisory

Flowise resetPassword Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Flowise version 3.0.12 is vulnerable to an authentication bypass vulnerability due to improper implementation of the password reset mechanism, allowing an attacker to reset a user's password and gain unauthorized access.

Flowise authentication-bypass credential-access
2r 1t
medium advisory

Forbidden Direct Interactive Kubernetes API Request

This rule detects forbidden direct interactive Kubernetes API requests by correlating interactive command execution inside a container with explicitly forbidden Kubernetes API requests, indicating potential enumeration and privilege testing for lateral movement.

Kubernetes container execution discovery
3r 3t
medium advisory

FortiGate SSL VPN Login Followed by SIEM Alert

Detects FortiGate SSL VPN logins followed by a SIEM detection alert for the same user within a short timeframe, potentially indicating VPN abuse, credential compromise, or initial access followed by post-compromise activity.

FortiGate SSL VPN fortinet vpn initial-access credential-access
2r 1t
critical advisory

Frappe Framework ERPNext 13.4.0 Sandbox Escape Vulnerability

Frappe Framework ERPNext 13.4.0 contains a sandbox escape vulnerability allowing authenticated users with System Manager role to execute arbitrary code via frame introspection and `os.popen`.

ERPNext +1 sandbox-escape rce
2r 1t 1c
high advisory

Free5GC PCF Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Free5GC PCF versions prior to 1.4.3 are vulnerable to an authentication bypass due to missing middleware, allowing unauthenticated access to SM policy handlers and disclosure of subscriber SUPI.

pcf authentication-bypass 5g
2r 1t
critical advisory

FreeFloat FTP Server 1.0 STOR Command Buffer Overflow

FreeFloat FTP Server 1.0 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow in the STOR command handler, enabling remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending a crafted STOR request with an oversized payload.

FreeFloat FTP Server cve-2019-25614 buffer-overflow ftp stor code-execution windows
2r 1t
high advisory

FreeScout Stored XSS Vulnerability in Mailbox Signatures (CVE-2026-40568)

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in FreeScout versions prior to 1.8.213 within the mailbox signature feature due to an incomplete HTML tag blocklist and failure to remove event handler attributes.

FreeScout xss cve-2026-40568 web-application
2r 1c
high advisory

Frequent Azure PIM Role Activation Detected

Detection of frequent role activation in Azure Privileged Identity Management (PIM) by the same user may indicate potential privilege escalation or account compromise.

Azure pim role-activation privilege-escalation
2r 3t
critical advisory

Froxlor PHP Code Injection via Unescaped Single Quotes in userdata.inc.php

Froxlor is vulnerable to PHP code injection due to unescaped single quotes in the userdata.inc.php generation via the MysqlServer API, where an administrator with `change_serversettings` permission can inject arbitrary PHP code, leading to arbitrary OS command execution as the web server user.

Froxlor php-injection webserver
2r 2t
medium advisory

GCP Authentication Failure During MFA Challenge

Detection of failed MFA challenges in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) using Google Workspace login failure events, potentially indicating credential compromise and unauthorized access attempts.

Google Cloud Platform +1 gcp cloud mfa credential-access
2r 2t 1i