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LDAPNightmare PoC Exploit Crashes LSASS and Reboots Windows Domain Controllers

A proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit has been released for a now-patched security flaw impacting Windows Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) that could trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. The out-of-bounds reads vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-49113 (CVSS score: 7.5). It was addressed by Microsoft as part of Patch Tuesday updates for December 2024, alongside CVE-2024-49112 (

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Unpatched Active Directory Flaw Can Crash Any Microsoft Server

Windows servers are vulnerable to a dangerous LDAP vulnerability that could be used to crash multiple servers at once and should be patched immediately.

New episode “In The Trend of VM” (#10): 8 trending vulnerabilities of November, zero budget VM and who should look for patches

New episode “In The Trend of VM” (#10): 8 trending vulnerabilities of November, zero budget VM and who should look for patches. The competition for the best question on the topic of VM continues. 😉🎁 📹 Video on YouTube, LinkedIn🗞 Post on Habr (rus)🗒 Digest on the PT website Content: 🔻 00:29 Spoofing – Windows […]

DDoS Attacks Surge as Africa Expands Its Digital Footprint

As organizations on the continent expand their use of digital technologies, they increasingly face many of the same threats that entities in other regions have had to deal with for years.

How to Protect Your Environment From the NTLM Vulnerability

This Tech Tip outlines what enterprise defenders need to do to protect their enterprise environment from the new NTLM vulnerability.

GHSA-v49p-m6gh-747c: djoser Authentication Bypass

Versions of the package djoser before 2.3.0 are vulnerable to Authentication Bypass when the authenticate() function fails. This is because the system falls back to querying the database directly, granting access to users with valid credentials, and eventually bypassing custom authentication checks such as two-factor authentication, LDAP validations, or requirements from configured AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS.

Patch Tuesday, December 2024 Edition

Microsoft today released updates to plug at least 70 security holes in Windows and Windows software, including one vulnerability that is already being exploited in active attacks. The zero-day seeing exploitation involves CVE-2024-49138, a security weakness in the Windows Common… Read More »

December Microsoft Patch Tuesday

December Microsoft Patch Tuesday. 89 CVEs, of which 18 were added since November MSPT. 1 vulnerability with signs of exploitation in the wild: 🔻 EoP – Windows Common Log File System Driver (CVE-2024-49138). There are no details about this vulnerability yet. Strictly speaking, there was another vulnerability that was exploited in the wild: EoP – […]

Actively Exploited Zero-Day, Critical RCEs Lead Microsoft Patch Tuesday

The zero-day (CVE-2024-49138), plus a worryingly critical unauthenticated RCE security vulnerability (CVE-2024-49112), are unwanted gifts for security admins this season.

Microsoft Patch Tuesday for December 2024 contains four critical vulnerabilities

The Patch Tuesday for December of 2024 includes 72 vulnerabilities, including four that Microsoft marked as “critical.” The remaining vulnerabilities listed are classified as “important.”