Buffer overflows are still found in various applications. The Exploit Database shows 48 buffer overflow related exploits published so far this year (July 2020). They are still highly visible. However, modern operating systems have made it tremendously more difficult to execute these types of attacks. Countermeasures such as DEP and…
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In March 2018, a new Drupal core vulnerability (later named Drupalgeddon2) was discovered and marked as Highly Critical by the Drupal team. The vulnerability affected versions < 8.3.9 / < 8.4.6 / < 8.5.1. This article covers how the vulnerability can be manually exploited using Burp Suite. Further details regarding…
A Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability allows an attacker to read internal system files. In a worst case scenario – it could lead to remote access. This post demonstrates how a remote attacker could achieve a reverse meterpreter shell from manually exploiting a LFI vulnerability. The demonstration is conducted by…