Tag: proof-of-concept

Kritische libssh2-Lücke: Proof-of-Concept-Exploit veröffentlichtAlertheise Security Quelle: Heise Security Ticker

A proof-of-concept exploit (PoC) shows how someone with admin privileges can exploit the issue to steal passwords, and thus use them to engage in further malicious activity.

The proof-of-concept exploit code runs only 10 lines long, but luckily, a patch is already available.

Three proof-of-concept exploits are being used in active attacks against Microsoft’s built-in security platform; two are unpatched.

Proof-of-concept exploit code has been published for a critical remote code execution flaw in protobuf.js, a widely used JavaScript implementation of Google’s Protocol Buffers. […]